HMCS Algonquin (R17)
Navy | Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | V |
Pennant | R 17 |
Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
Ordered | 1 Sep, 1941 |
Laid down | 8 Oct, 1942 |
Launched | 2 Sep, 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 Feb, 1944 |
De-Commissioned | 1 Apr, 1946 |
History |
Decommissioned 6 February 1946. Conversion to fast anti-submarine escort at Yarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) started in July 1950. Recommissioned on 25 February 1953. Decommissioned 1 April 1970. Scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.
Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Philip Edwin Haddon, RCN
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Former name | HMS Valentine (ii) |