HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280) Country: Canada Type: Guided missile destroyer Service: 1972 - 2008 Laid down: 15 January 1969 Launched: 28 November 1970 Commissioned: 29 July 1972

Iroquois-class destroyers are a class of presently three commissioned helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Forces. The class originally had four ships, with HMCS Huron being paid off. The Iroquois-class was the first military ship design to employ gas turbines exclusively. They were originally fitted out for anti-submarine warfare, but a major upgrade program in the 1990s overhauled them for area-wide anti-aircraft warfare.

HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280), formerly DDH, is an Iroquois-class destroyer that has served the Canadian Forces since 1972. Iroquois is the lead ship of her class which is sometimes referred to as the Tribal-class or simply as the 280-class. Iroquois was laid down on 15 January 1969 at Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel and was launched on 28 November 1970. She was commissioned on 29 July 1972. Iroquois completed a refit known as the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Project (TRUMP) on 3 July 1992. At this time her classification changed from Destroyer Helicopter (DDH) to Destroyer Guided Missile (DDG).