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Petey Williams performing the Canadian Destroyer on Brent B. Having popularised the sunset flip piledriver, which he called the Canadian Destroyer, Williams has been credited as the inventor of the move, though there is evidence of Amazing Red performing it in the 1990s. [59]
Petey Williams performing the Canadian Destroyer on Brent B Animation of a flip piledriver. The move, made famous by Petey Williams, also referred to as the Canadian Destroyer, Destroyer, or a sunset flip piledriver, begins in a position in which the opponent is bent forward against the wrestler's midsection. The wrestler then grabs around the ...
The Royal Canadian Navy sought to fulfill both these capabilities with the General Purpose Frigate (GPF) design. [3] However, due to rising costs and an ambitious Defence Minister, Paul Hellyer, who had his own ideas as to where the Royal Canadian Navy should spend its money, the GPF program was cancelled on 24 October 1963. [4]
HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1973 to 2015. Algonquin was the fourth ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal class or the 280 class.
HMCS Huron was an Iroquois-class destroyer that served with the Canadian Forces from 16 December 1972 to 23 October 2000. She served mainly on the western coast of Canada. After decommissioning, her hull was stripped to be used in a live-fire exerc
Ensign of Canadian government ships from 1865 to 1911. The Canadian navy was created in 1910 as the Department of the Naval Service. The Naval Service integrated other marine arms of the government of Canada with which it had a common professional background and the objective of security in the Canadian maritime environment and national sovereignty.
HMCS Iroquois (G89) underway History Canada Name Iroquois Namesake The Iroquois people Ordered 5 April 1940 Builder Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker Laid down 19 September 1940 Launched 23 September 1941 Commissioned 30 November 1942 Decommissioned 22 February 1946 Identification Pennant number ; G89 Recommissioned October 1951 Decommissioned 24 October 1962 Identification DDE 217 Honours and ...
The Halifax-class frigate design, emerging from the Canadian Patrol Frigate Program, was ordered by the Canadian Forces in 1977 as a replacement for the aging St. Laurent, Restigouche, Mackenzie, and Annapolis classes of destroyer escorts, which were all tasked with anti-submarine warfare. [6]