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Canada
Name	HMCS Algonquin
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	8 October 1942
Launched	2 September 1943
Commissioned	28 February 1944
Out of service	6 February 1946
Refit	1954
Motto	A coup sur (With sure stroke)
Honours and; awards	list error: <br /> list ( help); Norway, 1944; Normandy, 1944; Arctic, 1944-1945
Fate	scrapped April 1971
Badge	Blazon Sable, a base barry wavy argent and azure of four, from which issues an Indian's arm embowed proper wearing arm and wrist bands argent and holding a fish spear in bend argent transfixing an eel or
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	V-Class destroyer
Displacement	1710 tons (standard)
Length	363ft (overall)
Beam	36ft
Draught	10ft
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list ( help); 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines; 40,000 shp
Speed	36 knots
Range	4,680 nm at 20kts
Complement	180
Sensors and ; processing systems	HF/DF
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Radar 272, later Radar 276
Armament	list error: <br /> list ( help); 4 4.7in QF Mk IX (4x1); 2 40mm Mk IV; 4 20mm (4x1); 8 21in torpedo tubes (2x4)

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I've contributed since August 2005, and prone to over-simplifying. But basically good-natured and I try to avoid nastiness.

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Stoneage or Stone Age?

Dear Folks- When I wrote my book on the subject (Hell, ten years ago, gosh I am old!) of military codewords, my sources indicated it was two words. Those sources were with the (American) Merchant Marine. Of course in those days before cut-and-paste spelling and other errors were rampant. (Check out Operation Starlite for a good example.

So if you would like to change it to one word, please feel free. I would ask you to add a link to a page for the two word variant, which might just be that, a variant.

Finally, are you and I the only people with an unusual attraction to codewords?

Paul, in Saudi 02:08, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Dear Folks- I would not want to say with authority which is correct. As likely as not, some typist put it one way on some documents and the other way on others. In those pre-computer time things like that were accepted pretty well.

Due to security concerns, I am on dialup for the next few weeks. Please do not think I am ignoring your fine contributions. Paul, in Saudi 14:43, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

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After discussions, the advice is to use naval ensigns, not jacks - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables. The correct US flag has been selected by a template - see the US entry in Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Ensigns. Folks at 137 12:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

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Canada
Name	HMCS Algonquin
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	8 October 1942
Launched	2 September 1943
Commissioned	28 February 1944
Out of service	6 February 1946
Refit	1954
Motto	A coup sur (With sure stroke)
Honours and awards	list error: <br /> list ( help) Norway, 1944 Normandy, 1944 Arctic, 1944-1945
Fate	scrapped April 1971
Badge	Blazon Sable, a base barry wavy argent and azure of four, from which issues an Indian's arm embowed proper wearing arm and wrist bands argent and holding a fish spear in bend argent transfixing an eel or^[1]
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	V-Class destroyer
Displacement	1710 tons (standard)
Length	363ft (overall)
Beam	36ft
Draught	10ft
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list ( help) 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines 40,000 shp
Speed	36 knots
Range	4,680 nm at 20kts
Complement	180
Sensors and processing systems	HF/DF
Electronic warfare & decoys	Radar 272, later Radar 276
Armament	list error: <br /> list ( help) 4 4.7in QF Mk IX (4x1) 2 40mm Mk IV 4 20mm (4x1) 8 21in torpedo tubes (2x4)