HMCS Sioux (R64)
(V-class). Laid down as HMS Vixen, she was commissioned HMCS Sioux at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on 21 Feb 1944, and assigned to the 26th Flotilla of the British Home Fleet. She took part in escorting carrier attacks against the Tirpitz and against German shipping off Norway, and on 28 May 1944 left Scapa for Portsmouth for D-Day duties, bombarding shore targets on the Normandy coast. Returning to Scapa Flow in Jul 1944, she resumed her previous occupation and also escorted four convoys each way to and from Murmansk.
She left the UK on 6 Apr 1945, for her first trip to Canada and, upon arrival underwent a major refit at Halifax. In Nov 1945 Sioux was transferred to Esquimalt, where she was paid off into reserve on 27 Feb 1946. After some modernization she was re-commissioned (225) in 1950, and did three tours of duty in Korean waters, from 1951 to 1955. Following her Korean tours, she returned to her training role.