TRIBAL Class

destroyer

All four of these ships saw extensive service in the Second World War. On April 29, 1944, ATHABASKAN was sunk after being hit by several torpedoes, with the outright loss of 128 men. The remaining three were all converted to DDEs similiar to the postwar-built TRIBALs, served in the Korean War, and were paid off in the early-1960s. On August 25, 1964, HAIDA arrived under tow in Toronto to become a floating memorial, and now rests at Ontario Place on the Toronto waterfront.

TRIBAL Class
Characteristics:

Original:

Displacement: 2,800 tons full load 
Dimension: 114.9 x 11.4 x 3.4 meters (377 x 37.5 x 11 feet) 
Propulsion: Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 3 Admiralty 3 drum type boilers, 44,000 shp, 36.5 knots (max), 32 knots (service) 
Crew: 259 
Aviation: none 
Hangar: none 
Radar:
Sonar:
Fire Control:
EW:
Armament: 3 4.7" twin mounts (2 forward, 1 aft), 1 4" twin mount (aft), 1 2 Pdr. quad mount, 
                    6 20mm guns, 4 - 21" TT 

As DDE:

Radar: SPS-10 surface search, SPS-6 air search, Type 293, (Type 275 in 2 ships) 
Sonar: Type 170, Type 174 
Fire Control: Mk.6 or Mk.63 
Armament: 2 4" twin mounts (2 forward), 1 FMC 3"/50 Mk.33 twin mount (aft), 4 40mm single guns, 
                    2 Squid ASW mortars, 4 - 21" TT 

Ships:
 
Name
Pendant
Commissioned
Modernization
Paid Off
Notes
ATHABASKAN
G07
3/2/43

29/4/44
Sunk 25/8/44
HAIDA
G63/215
30/8/43
11/03/52
11/10/63
 
HURON
G24/216
19/7/43
1950??
30/4/63
 
IROQUOIS
G89/217
30/11/42
24/6/49
24/10/62
 

Photos:

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HMCS HAIDA, as she would have appeared after her 1952 refit. The aft 3"/50 is still uncovered in this photo. HAIDA saw extensive service in WWII, including duty in the English Channel and convoy duty to Murmansk. She also saw service in the Korean War. DND photo, Courtesy of Bill Croshaw.
HAIDA after her refit again. DND photo, Courtesy of Dave Shirlaw.
HAIDA after the war, with a new mast, but still with the old 4.7" guns forward. DND photo, Courtesy of Dave Shirlaw.
HAIDA in her postwar guise. Courtesy of Bill Dougherty.
IROQUOIS laying smoke
IROQUOIS laying smoke. This was a tactic used before radar became as prevalent as it is today, to obscure the position of friendly forces from the enemy. DND photo, courtesy of Bryan Q.
IROQUOIS at war's end
IROQUOIS either late-war or immediately post-war. She was built with a tripod mast, but is shown here with a new lattice mast. DND photo, courtesy of Bryan Q.
HMCS IROQUOIS making her way through a wave. She is shown after all her major refits were carried out, with her new mast and guns fitted. Courtesy of Bill Dougherty.
 

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