HMCS CAYUGA
CREST
HMCS Cayuga was a Tribal class destroyer,
 commissioned in October 1947. Wearing pennant R04,
 then 218 she served a total of three tours of Korea, 
 the last in 1954 after the conflict ended. She was 
 paid off in February 1964.


cayuga

Type: Destroyer Class: TRIBAL 1940s 
Displacement: 2,200 tonnes 
Length: 355.5 ft. 
Width: 37.5 ft. 
Draught: 11.2 ft. 
Top Speed: 32 
# Officers: 14 
# Crew: 245 
Weapons: 6 - 4.7" (3XII), 2 - 4" (IxII), 4 - 2 pdrs (1xIV), 6 - 20mm, 4 - 21" TT (1xIV). Revised: 4 - 4" (2xII), 2 - 3" (1xII), 4 - 40mm, 4 - 21"TT (1XIV), 2 x Squid. 
Pendant (Hull Number): R04 / Postwar-218 
Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax, NS 
Laid Down: 7-Oct-43 
Launched: 28-Jul-45 
Commissioned: 20-Oct-47 
Paid Off: 27-Feb-64 


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