HMCS Athabaskan

Several Canadian naval ships have been named HMCS Athabaskan.

  • HMCS Athabaskan (G07) (I), a Tribal class destroyer, commissioned in 1943 and torpedoed in the English Channel on 29 April 1944.
  • HMCS Athabaskan (R79) (II), later renumbered (DDE 219), was a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1947.
  • HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282) (III), is an Iroquois class destroyer, commissioned in 1972.

Battle Honours

  • Arctic, 1943-44.
  • English Channel, 1944.
  • Korea, 1950-53.
  • Gulf and Kuwait