MACKENZIE destroyer escorts (1962-1963)

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Saskatchewan 1980

Ships

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Mackenzie	DDE261	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	15.12.1958	25.5.1961	6.10.1962	paid off 8.1993, sold 3.1995
Saskatchewan	DDE262	Victoria Machinery Depot	29.10.1959	1.2.1961	16.2.1963	paid off 3.1994, sold 1997
Yukon	DDE263	Burrard, North Vancouver	25.10.1959	27.7.1961	25.5.1963	paid off 12.1993, scuttled 2000
Qu'Appelle	DDE264	Davie SB, Lauzon	14.1.1960	2.5.19662	14.9.1963	paid off 3.1994, BU

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2000
Displacement full, t	2600
Length, m	111.6 wl 113.1 oa
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	4.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets English Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4570(12)
Armament	DDE261-263: 1 x 2 - 76/70 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 - 324 TL, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASW RL DDE264: 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 - 324 TL, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASW RL
Electronic equipment	SPS-10, SPS-12, SPG-48, Sperry Mk II radars, SQS-501, SQS-502, SQS-503, SQS-11 sonars
Complement	290

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Saskatchewan 1980

Project history

Four more 'repeat Restigouche' were ordered m 1957, but the opportunity was taken to improve habitability and provide better pre-wetting and better bridge and weatherdeck fittings to cope with extreme cold. Originally they were rated as DDs, like the Restigouche class, but they carry DDE pennant numbers.

Modernizations

1982, Qu'Appelle; 1983, Yukon; 1984, Saskatchewan; 1985, Mackenzie: - 2 - 324 torpedo launchers, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, SQS-502, SQS-503 sonars; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, SQS-505 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite