HMCS Champlain (1919)
Champlain circa. 1932 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Torbay |
| Namesake | Torbay, England |
| Ordered | June 1917 |
| Builder | Thornycroft |
| Launched | 6 March 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 1928 |
| Identification | Pennant number F 35 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 1928 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Champlain |
| Namesake | Samuel de Champlain |
| Acquired | 1 March 1928 |
| Decommissioned | 25 November 1936 |
| Fate | Sold, scrapped 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Thornycroft S-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,087 tons |
| Length | 276 ft (84 m) |
| Beam | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
| Draught | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 90 |
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HMCS Champlain was a Thornycroft S-class destroyer, formerly HMS Torbay built for the Royal Navy in 1917–19. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928 and served primarily as a training ship until 1936.