HMCS Huron (G24)

HMCS Huron (G24)

HMCS Huron (G24) G24/216 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built by Vickers-Armstrong on the Tyne in England and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. It was the first ship to bear this name. She fought in World War II and the Korean War.

"Huron" was paid off into reserve on 20 April 1963 and scrapped at La Spezia in August 1965.

ee also

*List of ships of the Canadian Navy

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