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HMCS Sioux

HMCS Sioux was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy which fought in the Second World War and the Korean War. She was launched as HMS Vixen for the British Royal Navy before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. She was then named for the Sioux people of Canada's western provinces.

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Construction and career

KeelJ. Samuel WhiteCowesLaunchedWarship Week
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Ship's bell

Baptism
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V-classDestroyerRoyal Canadian NavySecond World WarKorean War
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Armament
4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns (2×2) · 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2×2, 2×1) · 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes · 2 × Squid triple ASW mortars
Badge
Argent, a Sioux Indian head proper facing the dexter and wearing an appropriate feather head-dress of a Sioux Chief
Beam
35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Builder
J. Samuel White, Cowes
Class & type
V-class destroyer
Commissioned
21 February 1944

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HMCS Sioux

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Edges77
Triples43
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
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HMCS Sioux

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related to Ship's bell · 6
HMCS Sioux → Area Royal Canadian Naval, Association, HMCS Sioux's, The, The Chatham, V-class
Armament · 4
HMCS Sioux → 2 × Squid triple ASW mortars, 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns (2×2), 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2×2, 2×1)
Honours and awards · 4
HMCS Sioux → Arctic, 1944–1945, Atlantic, 1945, Korea, 1950–1952, Normandy, 1944
Propulsion · 3
HMCS Sioux → 2 shafts, 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW)
Decommissioned · 2
HMCS Sioux → 27 February 1946, 30 October 1963
Fate · 2
HMCS Sioux → Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, August 1965, Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy 1944
Name · 2
HMCS Sioux → Sioux, Vixen
Badge · 1
HMCS Sioux → Argent, a Sioux Indian head proper facing the dexter and wearing an appropriate feather head-dress of a Sioux Chief
Beam · 1
HMCS Sioux → 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Builder · 1
HMCS Sioux → J. Samuel White, Cowes

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sioux destroyer convoy part canadian 1950 force february royal navy german coast korean aircraft norway returned two escorting hmcs transferred

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HMCS SiouxArmament4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns (2×2)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxArmament6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2×2, 2×1)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxArmament4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxArmament2 × Squid triple ASW mortars1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxBadgeArgent, a Sioux Indian head proper facing the dexter and wearing an appropriate feather head-dress of a Sioux Chief1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxBeam35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxBuilderJ. Samuel White, Cowes1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxClass & typeV-class destroyer1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxCommissioned21 February 19441.00infobox
HMCS SiouxComplement230 (14 officers)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxDecommissioned27 February 19461.00infobox
HMCS SiouxDecommissioned30 October 19631.00infobox
HMCS SiouxDisplacement1,710 tonnes (1,683 long tons)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxDraught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxFateTransferred to the Royal Canadian Navy 19441.00infobox
HMCS SiouxFateScrapped at La Spezia, Italy, August 19651.00infobox
HMCS SiouxHonours and awardsNormandy, 19441.00infobox
HMCS SiouxHonours and awardsArctic, 1944–19451.00infobox
HMCS SiouxHonours and awardsAtlantic, 19451.00infobox
HMCS SiouxHonours and awardsKorea, 1950–19521.00infobox
HMCS SiouxIdentificationPennant number: R64 Later DDE 2251.00infobox
HMCS SiouxLaid down31 October 19421.00infobox
HMCS SiouxLaunched14 September 19431.00infobox
HMCS SiouxLength362 ft 10 in (110.59 m)1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxMottoThen I will fight1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxNameVixen1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxNameSioux1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxNamesakeSioux people1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxNotesColours: White and vermilion1.00infobox
HMCS SiouxOrdered1 September 19411.00infobox

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