Frigates vs Destroyers. Why Does the Canadian Navy Have No Destroyer Ships, Only Frigates? It was a time when Canada’s mighty destroyers reigned supreme over its waters. But times changed, and now sleek, versatile frigates patrol where these giants once dominated. What drove this transformation in the Canadian Navy? And why does the Canadian Navy have no destroyer ships, only frigates?
Ah, the Iroquois-class destroyers. Just their name conjures images of steel giants slicing through icy waves, Canadian flags snapping proudly in the wind. They were the apex predators of the north, the guardians of a vast coastline, and symbols of national pride.
Imagine four of these majestic ships, named after fearsome Mohawk warriors – Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, and Athabascan. Each weighed over 4,000 tons (3628 tonne), bristled with guns and missiles, and carried helicopters like loyal hawks perched on their shoulders. They patrolled the frigid Atlantic, the treacherous Arctic, and even ventured far south, showing the maple leaf wherever the seas may lead. #destroyers #frigates #canadiannavy
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Why????
Silly Rabbit.. For 3 generations Canada had a realistic expectation that America will always have its back because Canada has always been a democracy.
The times are different. Canada now has Chinese spy bases all over the country.
Canada is openly hostile to America.
Canada can't be trusted.
They are Communist lite country now.
The RCN no matter what ships it has in commission is ineffective as a whole for one single reason, not enough sailors to man the fleet. You can have the newest most advanced ships yet can only put so many to sea if you can't recruit enough people to join up. It's been Canada's achilles heel for decades and only getting worse thanks to policies of the current government. Recruiting is no longer aimed at the 18yr old who seeks adventure and to go into harms way, it's the opposite and dismal recruiting figures reflect that fact.
This was a fantastic documentary. I wish I knew all of this back when I was in the Navy. No wonder the Frigates looked like a dragster when accelerating from 20 knots with it's bow lifting up out of the water.
Visited Vancouver in 1985 while stationed on USS Cape Cod AD 43. The Canadian Navy hosted a party on their base. Great time.
I had no idea about any of this😍. Thanks.
Some of the pictures didn't match the narrative but interest to reminisce. Sailed on Iroquois, Athabascan, Saguenay(DDH) and Toronto as an Aircraft Technician during the Sea King Era between 1978 and 2002.. Great life.
Canada is a Navy failure in anything World Class
"Lumbering Giant" Destroyers? Are you talking about the U.S. DDG-1000 class? That's the only Giant Destroyer class in North American waters. "Giant 4,000 ton Canadian Destroyers?" The new U.S. class of Frigates is going to be about 7,000 tons. "Canadian Frigates move with the grace of a catamaran." Good grief! Who writes this stuff?
because our frigates is already 2x the cost of a destroyer.
The Halifax class frigates are longer, have greater beam and have better weapons and sensors than the old 280 class destroyers and the type 26 frigate will be larger than a world war two cruiser and about the same size as an Arleigh Burke destroyer.
We need the new ships for Canadian Navy but the Government is not giving the support they need. Example taking Iroquois destroyer at PWDD several years ago for rebuild only to fine the rusted hull almost 40 million dollars to fix. The funds should been put towards building the new ships earlier Other problems many navies are having man power for these ships. Canada needs to increase the budget to meet NATO requirement of 2 percent
The Canadian Surface Combatant will be a hammer, and a scalpel all in one.🇨🇦🤝🇬🇧
Note that the new type 26 "frigates" are larger than the retired Iroquois destroyers.
Canadian destroyers were poorly equipped to fight a war like say an Arleigh Burke class one is. Few ships are. The ships originally took a few minutes to fire the first rounds of Sea Sparrows, then 10 minutes to reload/relaunch. I can go on and on but the modern type 26 will weigh almost twice what the Iroquois weighed. Many frigates now are in the 8K to 10K ton class. A destroyer is designed to fight a war by attacking multiple land, sea, and air targets. The Arleigh Burke carries 96 VLS cells. The Type 26 will only carry 30 or 32 VLS cells?
The destroyer starts a war, a frigate fights in it. That is primarily Canada's philosophy. Be able to fight, but not to be the one starting a war. The Type 26 will also have to evolve thru time just as the Iroquois destroyers did.
A better question is when will Canada be able to defend the arctic with submarines? Hasnt done that ever!
The Destroyers were wrongly named,one wasnt even an Iroquois class ship.
12 frigates split between three coastlines is insufficient to defend the country, let alone be productive in NATO or as a US ally. Anything less than a 36 ship navy can't stop any foreign navy.
Hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha because it's friggin canada
Canada maintains a token military to continue its NATO membership, everybody’s so busy lining their pockets there’s little time to consider the military, and this goes back long before the current government, so busy celebrating old Nazis and financing new ones.
Canada HAD 10 destroyers!!—they got old and were NEVER replaced !!—Canada -under their feckless leftist trudeau thinks ametica will defend it under any circumstance so they just screw the American tax payer—'if trump gets in they better watch their ass!!!
What a load of garbage. Modern frigates are better than old destroyers. They are often bigger than destroyers. Modern ships have a roll. They are advanced technological weapons, not armored battleships FFS!
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The RCN Type 26 “frigates" will be over 8,000 tons loaded. Larger than a lot of “destroyers”. Almost double the displacement of the Halifax class.
In 688s, surface ships were viewed simply as "targets."
Whatever happened to Canada’s RCN corvettes?
I understand that I was watching computer graphics, but they showed a frigate with waves extending, not only from the bow and stern, but also from amidships.
That’s unlikely, nowadays. I know that commercial freighters and oil tankers have got rid of those waves 🌊 (for fuel efficiency reasons, I believe), and likely, military Ships would have got rid of them by now, as well.
Anyone is free to correct me, if I’m wrong, of course.
I was reading a book by a retired AP reporter, back in the 2000’s. He was boarded and robbed by pirates while sailing around the world, alone, in his sailboat ⛵️.
So after he completed his trip, he wrote a book about modern-day piracy 🏴☠️, and mentioned how the elimination of that mid-ships wave made it easier for pirates to maneuver around the ships, nowadays.
Can’t win for losing. Get rid of drag, and make it easier to be boarded.