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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. ''Vixen'' was ordered on 1 September 1941 as part of the 1941 shipbuilding programme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=uboat.net )〕 She was laid down 31 October 1942 by J. Samuel White at Cowes and launched on 14 September 1943.〔 As part of the Warship Week in January 1942 she was adopted by the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife.〔 She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, into which she was then commissioned and renamed on 21 February 1944 while fitting out at Cowes, and was completed on 5 March 1944. ==Second World War service== After commissioning ''Sioux'' joined the 26th Destroyer Flotilla of the British Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. As part of that unit, she escorted the aircraft carriers that attacked the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', which was anchored at Altenfjord, Norway, and German shipping along the Norwegian coast.〔 On 28 May ''Sioux'' was reassigned to Portsmouth as part of Canada's contribution to the Invasion of Normandy. During the assault on Juno Beach, ''Sioux'' bombarded shore batteries for forty minutes during the initial landing and provided fire support afterwards. She remained with the invasion force until July when she returned to Scapa Flow.〔 After returning to Scapa Flow, ''Sioux'' escorted four convoys to the Soviet Union and back.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Convoy web )〕 In February 1945, after escorting convoy JW-64 to Polyarnoe; she was sent from there as part of a relief expedition to convey 500 inhabitants of a Norwegian island, left without food or fishing boats by the Germans, to safety. On 17 February 1945, she returned with convoy RA-64, fighting both determined Junkers Ju 88 attacks and Arctic gales. She sailed to Halifax immediately thereafter, to prepare for transfer to the British Pacific Fleet and operations against Japan. The vessel underwent a major refit at Halifax and in November 1945 transferred to the west coast, being paid off on 27 February 1946 at Esquimalt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMCS Sioux (R64)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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