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Restigouche-class Destroyer
The ''Restigouche''-class destroyer was a class of seven destroyer escorts that served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from the late-1950s to the late-1990s. All seven vessels in the class were named after rivers in Canada. The Royal Canadian Navy began planning the in the late 1940s and originally intended to procure fourteen vessels. Delays in design and construction saw the number of vessels for the ''St. Laurent'' class halved to seven. The seven remaining vessels were redesigned as the ''Restigouche'' class, taking into account design improvements found during construction of the ''St. Laurent''s. The seven ships of the class were Ship commissioning, commissioned between 1958 and 1959. Design and description Based on the preceding design, the ''Restigouche''s had the same hull and propulsion, but different weaponry.Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 45 Initially the ''St. Laurent'' class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Vickers
Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944. A subsidiary of Vickers Limited, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers aircraft operations in November 1944. Shipbuilding In 1907 British shipbuilding and weapons manufacturing conglomerate Vickers Sons & Maxim began investigating possible locations for a shipyard in Montreal.Linteau 1985, p. 84 Vickers Sons & Maxim intended to use the shipyard as a repair facility for transatlantic shipping traffic entering Montreal.Pritchard 2011, p. 51 Vickers Sons & Maxim was invited by the Government of Canada in 1911 to establish a Canadian division to manufacture vessels for the nascent Royal Canadian Navy. According to naval historian Marc Milner, "the Harbour Commission and the city of Maisonneuve offered Vickers a first-class location" to establish the yard, and "an exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
