HMCS Algonquin

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Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Algonquin.

HMCS Algonquin (R17) (I) was a V-class destroyer active from 1944 to 1970.
HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) (II) is an Iroquois-class destroyer active from 1973 to 2015.

Battle Honours

Norway, 1944.
Normandy, 1944.
Arctic, 1944–45.
Arabian Sea

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