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.

Mar 4, 2013 · The squadron consisted of HMCS SIOUX 225, HMCS Huron 216 and HMCS Iroquois 217 (as flagship). The ships sailed from Halifax NS to Bermuda and then on to Jamaica, arriving on the 05 Aug 1962. The squadron joined a large fleet of naval vessels already assembled, as all Royal Navies and the United States Navy, had sent "good will" ships of various ...

There has been only one vessel named HMCS Sioux in the Royal Canadian Navy. HMCS Sioux R64 / 225. Laid down as HMS Vixen, this “V” Class destroyer was commissioned HMCS Sioux at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, on 21 February 1944 and assigned to the 26th Flotilla of the British Home Fleet.

Operation "TUGNSTEN" March 30th, 1944 to April 6th, 1944. Object of operation: to cripple German Battleship Admiral von Tirpitz. Operation successful; enemy losses Tirpitz badly damaged, two enemy submarines sunk, three Fooke Wolfes, One bomber. Our Losses: Three barracudas, one fighter-pilot saved.

HMCS Sioux, originally laid down as HMS Vixen, was commissioned HMCS Sioux at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Feb. 21, 1944, and assigned to the 26th Flotilla of the British Home Fleet. She took part in escorting carrier attacks against the Tirpitz and against German shipping off Norway, and on May 28, 1944 left Scapa Flow, Scotland for Portsmouth for ...

HMCS SIOUX Statistical Data. Pendant: R64; Type: Destroyer; Class: V Class ex-Royal Navy; Displacement: 1710 tonnes; Length: 362.8 ft; Width: 35.7 ft; Draught: 11.5 ft; Speed: 36 kts; Compliment: 14 Officers and 230 Crew Arms: 4-4.7", 8-21" …

HMCS Sioux (R64) was a V class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy that saw service in World War II. She was launched as HMS Vixen for the British Royal Navy. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, into which she was then …

The destroyer HMCS Sioux (A/Lt.Cdr. E.E.G. Boak, RCN) later joined at sea having departed Scapa Flow at 2359B/14.

Sioux in her wartime camouflage. (Photo courtesy of Ken Garrett) Christmas Day 1944 at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. HMCS Sioux is alongside HMCS Uganda. Photo by John M. Turner RCN who rowed a dory out in order to record this event. (Photo from the collection of Jack Adams)

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.