Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | V |
Pennant | R 64 |
Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
Ordered | 1 Sep 1941 |
Laid down | 31 Oct 1942 |
Launched | 14 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 Feb 1944 |
End service | 30 Oct 1963 |
History | Decommissioned 26 February 1946. |
Former name | HMS Vixen |
Commands listed for HMCS Sioux (R 64)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Eric Eversley Garratt Boak, RCN | 21 Feb 1944 | 29 Jun 1945 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Reginald Amand Webber, DSC, RCN | 30 Jun 1945 | 8 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sioux include:
26 Mar 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Javelin (Lt.Cdr. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN), HMS Wakeful (Lt.Cdr. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN) and HMCS Sioux (A/Lt.Cdr. E.E.G. Boak, RCN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19314
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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