DDE/DDH233 Fraser (St. Laurent Class)




Laid down 11th December 1951
Launched 19th February 1953
Completed N/A
Commissioned 28th June 1957
Fate Decommissioned
Builders Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver
Canada
Complement 250
Dimensions
Displacement 2250 tons std
3050 tons max
Dimensions 366' x 42'
Draught 13' 3"
Armament
Main guns As built:
4 x FMC 3" (2 x 2)
Refitted:
2 x FMC 3" (1 x 2)
Secondary guns 4 x 40mm Bofors (2 x 2)
Torpedo tubes 6 x 12.75" Mk32 (2 x 3)
Other weapons As built:
ASW:
2 x Limbo mortars

Refitted:
ASW:
1 x Limbo mortar
Countermeasures 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
None
Refitted:
1 x Sea King
Flightdeck N/A
Hangar N/A
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar SPS12 air search
SPS10 surface search
Sperry Mk2 navigation
Sonar SQS505 hull mounted
SQS501 hull mounted
ECM N/A
Other SPG48 fire control
Machinery
Engines 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 x English Electric steam turbines
Power output 30000shp
Speed 28kts
Shafts 2
Range 4500NM @ 14kts
Fuel N/A

Fraser recommissioned on 22nd October 1966 after receiving the helicopter refit. She was given the DELEX refit in 1981. She is currently moored at Halifax, apparantly awaiting conversion to a museum.

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