HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena (D59/I59) was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1931-1944.

She was similar to the Royal Navy's A-class and wore initially the pennant D59, changed in 1940 to I59.

She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston, Hampshire and commissioned into the RCN on 10 June 1931 at Portsmouth, England. Skeena and her sister HMCS Saguenay (D79) were the first ships specifically built for the RCN. She arrived in Halifax, on 3 July 1931.