DDE262 Saskatchewan (Mackenzie Class)




Laid down 29th October 1959
Launched 1st February 1961
Completed N/A
Commissioned 16th February 1963
Fate Decommissioned:
28th March 1994
Builders Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria
Canada
Complement 228
Dimensions
Displacement 2380 tons std
2880 tons max
Dimensions 366' x 42'
Draught 14'
Armament
Main guns 2 x Vickers Mk6 3"/70 (1 x 2)
2 x FMC Mk33 3"/50 (1 x 2)
Secondary guns None
Torpedo tubes 6 x Mk32 12.75" (2 x 3)
Other weapons ASW:
2 x Mk10 Limbo mortars
Countermeasures As built:
4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
Refitted:
4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
1 x SLQ26 Nixie towed decoy
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar As built:
SPS12 air search
SPS10 surface search
Sperry Mk2 navigation
Refitted:
SPS12B air search
SPS502 surface search
Sperry Mk127 navigation
Sonar As built:
SQS503 hull mounted
SQS501 hull mounted
Refitted:
SQS505 hull mounted
SQS501 hull mounted
ECM N/A
Other SPG48 fire control
Mk69 gunnery director
Machinery
Engines 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 x English Electric steam turbines
Power output 30000shp
Speed 28kts
Shafts 2
Range 4570NM @ 14kts
Fuel N/A

Saskatchewan received her DELEX refit between 1984 and 1986. On 14th June 1997, she was sunk as an artificial reef off Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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