HMCS Sioux

Destroyer
HMCS Sioux was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy which fought in the Second World War and the Korean War. She was launched as HMS Vixen for the British Royal Navy before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. She was then named for the Sioux people of Canada’s western provinces.

Type :’V’ Class Destroyer
Pennant : R64; 1949+  225
Laid down :31/10/42
Launched : 14/9/43
Commissioned : 21/2/44
Length : 362 feet, 9 inches
Beam : 35 feet, 8 inches
Draft : 11 feet, 6 inches
Displacement : 1,710 tons
Speed : 36 knots
Builder: J. Samuel White and Co. Ltd. Cowes, Isle of Wright
Crew : 14 officers/230 crew
Armament : Four 4.7 guns; eight 21″ torpedo tubes – (two mounts of 4 each); four 40mm A/A guns; four 20 mm machine guns.