HMCS Iroquois (G89)

History
HMCS Iroquois (G89) underway
Canada
Name:	Iroquois
Namesake:	The Iroquois people
Ordered:	5 April 1940
Builder:	Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Laid down:	19 September 1940
Launched:	23 September 1941
Commissioned:	30 November 1942
Decommissioned:	22 February 1946
Identification:	G89
Recommissioned:	October 1951
Decommissioned:	24 October 1962
Identification:	DDE 217
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1943 Arctic 1943–45 Biscay 1943–44 Norway 1945 Korea 1952–53
Fate:	Scrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,959 long tons (1,990 t) tons standard 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) deep load
Length:	377 ft (115 m)
Beam:	37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught:	11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement:	259 (14 officers, 245 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems:	1 type 268 radar 1 type 271 radar 1 type 291 radar 1 × Mk.III fire control director with Type 285 fire control radar 1 type 144 sonar 1 type 144Q sonar 1 type 147F sonar
Armament:	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 1 × 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk.16 twin guns 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes) 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges)

HMCS Iroquois was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and Korean War. She was named for the Iroquois First Nations. Iroquois was the first ship to bear this name and the first ship of the class to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy.

The Tribals were designed to fight heavily armed destroyers of other navies, such as the Japanese Fubuki class. Canada chose the design based on its armament, with the size and power of the Tribal class allowing them to act more like small cruisers than as fleet destroyers.Iroquois was among the first batch of Tribal-class destroyers ordered by the RCN in 1940–1941. They were ordered with modified ventilation and heating systems for North Atlantic winter service. Design modifications were made after deficiencies were noted in Iroquois, the lead ship of the Canadian Tribals.

Iroquois, as one of the British-built Tribal-class destroyers, was 335 feet 6 inches (102.26 m) long between perpendiculars and 377 feet (115 m) long overall with a beam of 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) and a draught of 13 feet (4.0 m). As built, the destroyer displaced 1,927 long tons (1,958 t) standard and 2,745 long tons (2,789 t) at deep load.Iroquois had a complement of 14 officers and 245 ratings.

The destroyer was propelled by two shafts driven by two Parsons geared turbines powered by steam created by three Admiralty-type three drum boilers. This created 44,000 shaft horsepower (33,000 kW) and gave the ship a maximum speed of 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph). The destroyers could carry 505–516 long tons (513–524 t) of fuel oil.

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