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Iroquois Class
| Name |
Builders |
Laid down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| 283 Algonquin |
D |
1st September 1969 |
23rd April 1971 |
3rd November 1973 |
| 282 Athabaskan |
D |
1st June 1969 |
27th November 1970 |
30th September 1972 |
| 281 Huron |
M |
1st June 1969 |
3rd April 1971 |
16th December 1972 |
| 280 Iroquois |
M |
15th January 1969 |
28th November 1970 |
29th July 1972 |
Builders:
D : Davie Shipbuilding, Levis, Canada
M : Marine Industrie, Sorel, Canada
Dimensions:
423' x 50' x 15' 4" / 129.70m x 15.20m x 4.70m
Displacement:
3550 tons std / 4700 tons max
Complement:
255 crew
30 air gpoup
Armament:
All ships:
1 x 5" OTO Melara gun
4 x 0.5" guns in single mountings
6 x 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings
8 x VLS launchers for Sea Sparrow SAM in quad mountings
1 x Limbo AS mortar
Aircraft Facilities:
A hangar and flighdeck is provided for two Sea King helicopters.
Armour:
None known.
Powerplant:
Two Pratt & Whitney FT4-A2 sprint gas turbines totalling 50000shp and two Allison FT12H cruise
gas turbines totalling 7500shp are fitted driving two shafts.
Maximum speed is 29kts on FT4-A2 and 17kts on FT12H. Maximum range is 4500NM @ 10kts.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS501 air search
Sonar:
SQS501 hull mounted
SQ505 VDS
Other:
MEL SLQ501 Canews intercept
2 x HSA STIR fire control
Miscellaneous:
Four Shield decoy launchers and a SLQ-26 Nixie towed decoy are fitted.