HMCS Saguenay (D79)

	HMCS Saguenay
History
Canada
Name	Saguenay
Namesake	Saguenay River
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston, Hampshire
Yard number	1091
Launched	11 July 1930
Commissioned	21 May 1931
Decommissioned	July 1945
Identification	Pennant number D79
Honours and; awards	Atlantic, 1939–1942
General characteristics
Class and type	A-class/River-class destroyer
Displacement	1,337 long tons (1,358 t)
Length	321 ft 3 in (97.92 m) o/a; 309 ft (94 m) p/p;
Beam	32 ft 9 in (9.98 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	32,000 shp (23,862 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	181
Armament	Original;; 4 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns; 8 × tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (2×4); 2 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns; Wartime modifications;; 2 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns; 1 × QF 12-pounder (3 inch (76 mm)) gun; 4 × tubes for 21 inch torpedoes (1×4); 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar;

HMCS Saguenay was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1945.

She was similar to the Royal Navy's A class and initially wore the pennant D79, changed in 1940 to I79.

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