HMCS Sioux (R64)

	HMCS Sioux circa. August 1951 – February 1952, probably in Korean waters
History
United Kingdom
Name	Vixen
Ordered	1 September 1941
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down	31 October 1942
Launched	14 September 1943
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy 1944
Canada
Name	Sioux
Namesake	Sioux people
Commissioned	21 February 1944
Decommissioned	27 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number: R64 Later DDE 225
Recommissioned	1950
Decommissioned	30 October 1963
Motto	Then I will fight
Honours and; awards	Normandy, 1944; Arctic, 1944–1945; Atlantic, 1945; Korea, 1950–1952;
Fate	Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, August 1965
Notes	Colours: White and vermilion
Badge	Argent, a Sioux Indian head proper facing the dexter and wearing an appropriate feather head-dress of a Sioux Chief
General characteristics
Class and type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tonnes (1,683 long tons)
Length	362 ft 10 in (110.59 m)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers; Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement	230 (14 officers)
Armament	4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns (2×2); 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2×2, 2×1); 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × Squid triple ASW mortars;

HMCS Sioux was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy which fought in the Second World War and the Korean War. She was launched as HMS Vixen for the British Royal Navy before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. She was then named for the Sioux people of Canada's western provinces.

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