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History
HMCS CayugaCanada
NameCayuga
NamesakeCayuga nation
OrderedApril 1942
BuilderHalifax Shipyards, Halifax
Laid down7 October 1943
Launched28 July 1945
Commissioned20 October 1947
Decommissioned27 February 1964
Identificationpennant number: R04 Later DDE 218
Motto
  • Onenh owa den dya
  • ("Now let us proceed")[1]
Honours and
awards
Korea 1950–52[1]
FateScrapped, Faslane
NotesLivery Colours: Gold and scarlet
BadgeBlazon Or, an Indian of the Cayuga tribe, facing dexter, in kneeling posture, right knee on the ground, left leg bent and forward, two feathers in hair, lower part of body clad, upper bare, a quiver of arrows pendant from the left shoulder, the base resting on ground beside the right knee, the Indian holding a bow and arrow in the "ready" position all gules.[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,850 tons (standard),
  • 2,520 tons (full)
Length377 ft (114.9 m)
Beam37.5 ft (11.4 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 44,000 shp
Speed36 knots (67 km/h)
Range
  • 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • 524 tons oil
Complement190 (219 as leader)
Armament
  • 8 – 4 in L/45 QF Mk.XVI guns, 4 × twin mounting HA Mk.XIX
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.V
  • 4 × single 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.III
  • 1 × tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 1 × rack, 2 × throwers for depth charges

HMCS Cayuga was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 until 1964. She saw action in the Korean War. She was named for the Cayuga nation, a First Nations people of Canada.

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