HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280)
Iroquois in 2009
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 Canada
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| Name: | Iroquois |
| Namesake: | Iroquois |
| Builder: | Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1969 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 May 2015 |
| Refit: | 3 July 1992 (TRUMP) |
| Homeport: | CFB Halifax |
| Motto: | Relentless in chase |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic, 1943; Arctic, 1943-1945; Biscay, 1943-44; Norway, 1945; Korea, 1952-53, Arabian Sea |
| Status: | Paid off |
| Notes: | Colours:Gold and black |
| Badge: | Or, the head of an Iroquois brave, couped at the base of the neck, properly coloured and wearing two eagle feathers in his hair and a gold ring pendant from the ear. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iroquois-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5100 t |
| Length: | 129.8 m (425.9 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.2 m (49.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15.4 ft) |
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| Speed: | 29 kn (53.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,334.0 km) |
| Complement: | 280 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | hangar and flight deck |
HMCS Iroquois was the lead ship of the Iroquois-class destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy, also known as the Tribal class or the 280 class. The second vessel to carry the name, she carried the hull number DDG 280. Entering service in 1972 she was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and was homeported at CFB Halifax. Iroquois was deployed overseas for blockade and anti-terrorism duties, including participating in Operation Apollo in 2002–03. Taken out of service in 2014 and paid off in 2015, the ship is currently awaiting disposal.
Iroquois was an area air defence destroyer. She served on MARLANT missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. Iroquois was deployed on missions throughout the Atlantic and to the Indian Ocean; specifically the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea on anti-terrorism operations. She has also deployed on counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Basin. The destroyer participated in several NATO missions, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) and its successor Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).
The destroyer's keel was laid down on 15 January 1969 by Marine Industries at their yard in Sorel, Quebec. The ship was launched on 28 November 1970 and Iroquois was commissioned on 29 July 1972 with the hull number DDH 280, the first of four Iroquois-class destroyers .
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