HMCS Athabaskan (R79)

HMCS Athabaskan (R79)

8 - 4 in L/45 QF Mk.XVI guns, 4 x twin mounting HA Mk.XIX
1 x twin 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.V
4 x single 40 mm Bofors mount Mk.III
1 x tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX

HMCS Athabaskan was the second destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear the name "Athabaskan", after the many tribes throughout western Canada that speak Athabaskan family languages. Both this ship and the original Athabaskan were Tribal-class destroyers and thus this one became known as Athabaskan II.

Built too late to see action in the North Atlantic, Athabaskan served in the Korean War and played an important role in Canadian postwar naval reform following a crew protest in 1949.