HMCS Athabaskan
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Several Canadian
naval ships have been named HMCS Athabaskan.
(I), a Tribal class destroyer
, commissioned in 1943 and torpedoed in the English Channel
on 29 April 1944.
(II), later renumbered (DDE 219), was a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1947.
(III), is an Iroquois class destroyer
, commissioned in 1972.
Battle Honours
Canada
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naval ships have been named HMCS Athabaskan.
(I), a Tribal class destroyer
Tribal class destroyer (1936)
The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...
, commissioned in 1943 and torpedoed in the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
on 29 April 1944.
(II), later renumbered (DDE 219), was a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1947.
(III), is an Iroquois class destroyer
Iroquois class destroyer
Iroquois-class destroyers, also known as Tribal class, are a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Forces. Launched in the 1970s, they were originally fitted out for anti-submarine warfare, but a major upgrade programme in the 1990s overhauled them for...
, commissioned in 1972.
Battle Honours
- Arctic, 1943-44.
- English Channel, 1944.
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