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1964-1974 (Creation)
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Textual records in Boxes 211-213 and 614
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Subseries consists of material documenting the construction of the DHH-280 class ships for the Royal Canadian Navy from 1964 to 1974. Includes memoranda, progress reports, correspondence, minutes to meetings, significant action reports and other reports, aide-memoires and various other documents. Some of the major subjects covered include: destroyers, ship trials and construction of ships. The subseries is arranged in alpha-numeric order by the file title.
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Files 2-4 and 10-11 in Box 212 are Protected “A”. Classified material is stored in Box 614.
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The DDH 280 Project involved the building of the DDH 280 destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy and spanned the period 1964 to 1973, when the last of the 4 ships was commissioned. The Project involved two major Canadian shipyards on the St. Lawrence River and a number of key subcontractors. The chief players were the Dept. of National Defence (DND) as preliminary designers and owners, the Dept. of Supply and Services (DSS) as the government contracting agent, Marine Industries Ltd. as the lead yard shipbuilder and Davie Shipbuilding Company as follow yard shipbuilder. The Design subcontractor to the lead yard was the Naval Central Drawing Office, a facility located in Montreal at the plant of Canadian Vickers Ltd. The gas turbine main machinery subcontractor was United Aircraft of Canada Limited.
The object of the DDH 280 Project was to introduce into operational service in the Maritime Command, and provide logistic and personnel support, for four destroyer escort vessels of 4400 tons displacement having gas turbine main propulsion. Each vessel was to carry two Sea King helicopters and have fighting equipment comprising a Sea Sparrow missile system, 1 5-inch gun, Mk 10 anti-submarine mortar, Mk 32 torpedoes, and hull-mounted and variable depth sonars.