HMCS GATINEAU H61 ex HMS EXPRESS,E Class destroyer transfered to R.C.N. June,1943.
Built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne )Launched:29 May 1934.
HMS Express (H61) was an E class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was one of 18 'E' and 'F' class destroyers to be built.
She had an overall length of 100 m, displacement of 1,375 tons, and a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (66 km/h).
Her design was similar to the 'C' and 'D' classes of 1931, but with an improved hull form, modified bridge, three boiler rooms instead of two, and 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns that could elevate to 40 degrees (vs. 30 degrees on earlier classes).
She and her sister Esk were fitted as minelayers. Unlike the others of the class, Esk and Express had tripod mainmasts and carried their ship's boats on the foredeck.
Commissioned R.C.N.:3 Jun 1943.
Decommissioned:10 Jan 1946.
