HMCS Huron

Badge

Description

Or nicotine bloom Gules seed pod Vert and stamens Or.

Significance

The Hurons were known as the Tobacco Indians. Hence the badge design is derived from that plant and shows the conventionalized representation of the nicotine bloom. This is in keeping with the traditional use of flower and plant forms as fighting emblems such as the Rose of York and Lancaster and our own Maple Leaf.

Motto

READY THE BRAVE

Colours

Gold and Crimson

Battle Honours

The Second World War

ARCTIC, 1943-45; ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1944; NORMANDY, 1944.

United Nations Operation-Korea-1950-1953

KOREA, 1951-53.

Lineage

First of Name

• Destroyer, Tribal Class.
• Commissioned 19 July 1943.^{Footnote 1}
• Paid off 20 March 1946.^{Footnote 2}
• Recommissioned 28 February 1950.^{Footnote 3}
• Paid off 12 October 1951.^{Footnote 4}
• Converted to a destroyer escort and recommissioned 18 November 1952.^{Footnote 5}
• Paid off 1 August 1957.^{Footnote 6}
• Recommissioned 28 March 1958.^{Footnote 7}
• Paid off 30 April 1963.^{Footnote 8}

Second of Name

• Destroyer, Iroquois Class.
• Commissioned 16 December 1972.^{Footnote 9}

Operational history

The Second World War

Huron served on offensive and escort duties off of the North Russian, Norwegian and the French coasts and in the English Channel with the '3rd Destroyer Flotilla' of the 'British Home Fleet'.^{Footnote 10} She was present on D-Day and assisted HMCS Haida in sinking the German destroyer Z32 and motor torpedo boat T29.^{Footnote 11}

United Nations Operation-Korea-1950-1953

Huron served three tours in Korean waters on offensive and escort duties.^{Footnote 12}

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