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CA Iroquois TRUMP class

CA Iroquois class

Guided-Missile Destroyer

ships



  • Guided-Missile Destroyer Iroquois TRUMP class





  Specifications


295crew
129.90length (m)
15.20beam (m)
7.60draught (m)
4500range (nm)

1Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS

1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
CA CAF Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King 23










  List of Ships


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19912015CACanadian Armed ForcesDDG 283HMCS AlgonquinCZJX - AL
19922015CACanadian Armed ForcesDDG 280HMCS IroquoisCZGD
19942005 sunk 2007CACanadian Armed ForcesDDG 281HMCS HuronCGXY
19942017CACanadian Armed ForcesDDG 282HMCS AthabaskanCYWM


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  Events


1991-oct CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin begin service as DDG
1992-jul-05 CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois begin service as DDG
1993-augDeploymentDeployment CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin Operation Sharp Guard departed Brindisi for UN arms and commerical embargo enforcement in the Adriatic Sea. Relieved by HMCS Iroquois on 5 Oct.
1993-oct-05DeploymentDeployment CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois Operation Sharp Guard relieved HMCS Algonquin on 5 Oct and participated in operations to enforce UN trade and arms embargo in the Adriatic Sea.
1994-aug CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan begin service as DDG
1995-jan-17 CA DDG 281 HMCS Huron completed TRUMP refit and begin service as DDG
1997RefitRefit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan Life extension refit at Port Weller, Ontario
1999-aug-06Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan visited Copenhagen with 12 Wing CH-124A 12438 embarked
1999-aug-06Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois visited Copenhagen with CH-124A 12429 embarked
1999-novPort VisitPort Visit CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois visit to West India Dock, London
2003-feb-27AircraftAircraft CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois CH-124B 12401 crashed on deck and rolled after following an engine failure, on take off. Ship returned to Halifax to have airframe removed.
2005DecommissionedDecommissioned CA DDG 281 HMCS Huron
2005-sep-06DeploymentDeployment CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan departed Halifax for US Gulf states in support of Hurricane Katrina clean up operations, with CCGS Sir William Alexander, HMCS Toronto and HMCS Ville de Quebec.
2007-may-14Fate: sunkFate: sunk CA DDG 281 HMCS Huron live fire exercise
2009-jun-06Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin Attended 2009 Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week.
2010-janDeploymentDeployment CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan Operation Panlake Part of rapid assist team sent to Haiti in aftermath of Earthquake.
2010-may-28Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan assigned to 423 Squadron
Visited Hudson River New York, with MH423 CH-124 12417 embarked.
2010-jun-09Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy Flagship at CFB Esquimalt for MARPAC Fleet Review
2010-jun-28Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review
2011-apr-17Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan assigned to 423 Squadron
Visited Liverpool, with MH423 CH-124 12435 embarked.
2011-mayAircraftAircraft CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin with Sea king 12421 for Operation Trident Fury
2012-marRefitRefit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan In refit at St Catharines
2012-jul-19AircraftAircraft CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin CH-124 12426 launches five torpedoes during RIMPAC 2012
2013-apr-27Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois arrived at West India Dock for 6 day visit, departed on 2 May.
2013-may-23Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary at the Cruise Liner Terminal, Liverpool for BOA70 commemorations
2015-may-01DecommissionedDecommissioned CA DDG 280 HMCS Iroquois
2015-jun-11DecommissionedDecommissioned CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin
2015-octDeploymentDeployment CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015
2015-oct-07Port VisitPort Visit CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan emergency repair to stbd cruise engine at Portsmouth for c a week, while en route to Ex Trident Juncture. The two embarked CH-124 were detached to RAF Odiham for the duration.
2015-nov-27Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped CA DDG 283 HMCS Algonquin Liverpool, Nova Scotia
2017-mar-10DecommissionedDecommissioned CA DDG 282 HMCS Athabaskan last of the Iroquois class to decommission









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