Histoire
This destroyer, s-class was built in 1919 by John I. Thorneycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton UK in Woolston, Southampton.
Notes historiques
On 24 Jan 1932 HMCS Skeena and HMCS Vancouver provided protection to British assets and civilians in El Salvador at the request of the British Consul in San Salvador following the outbreak of a peasant uprising. A landing party was briefly sent ashore at Acajutla, but the situation there improved and the sailors saw no combat, although the two ships remained in the area until the end of the month.
In 1936 this vessel was laid up and sold for scrap in 1937.
Propriétaires et capitaines
She was commissioned as H.M.C.S Vancouver in service at Esquimalt BC 1928-1936 training officers and men of the naval reserve.
Capitaines
Lt William Boyd Love Holms, RCN - 13 Feb 1928 - 29 Feb 1928; LCdr Ronald Ian Agnew, RCN - 01 Mar 1928 - 14 Aug 1928; LCdr Rupert Wainman Wood, RCN - 15 Aug 1928 - 30 Apr 1930; LCdr Godfrey Musgrove Hibbard, RCN - 01 May 1930 - 19 Jan 1931; LCdr Frederick Gordon Hart, RCN - 20 Jan 1931 - 14 Dec 1932; LCdr L.J.M. Gauvreau, RCN - 15 Dec 1932 - 19 Dec 1933; LCdr Frank Llewellyn Houghton, RCN - 20 Dec 1933 - 30 Nov 1934; LCdr Colin Degge Donald, RCN - 01 Dec 1934 - 14 May 1936; LCdr Edmont Rollo Mainguy, RCN - 15 May 1936 - 25 Nov 1936;
Armement
3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 1 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom; 2 × twin tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes; 2 × 18-inch (460 mm) torpedo tubes
Références
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
