HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
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HMCS Athabaskan, Canada, Department of National Defence | |
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| Ordered: | 5 Apr, 1940 |
| Laid down: | 31 Oct, 1940 |
| Launched: | 18 Nov, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 3 Feb, 1943 |
| Fate: | Lost in action 29 April 1944 English Channel (Torpedoed) |
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| Motto: | We fight as one |
HMCS Athabaskan (G 07) was the first of three destroyers of the Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom by Vickers Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne with Parsons engine works.
Athabaskan was lost in the English Channel the night of 29 April 1944. Her commanding officer LCdr John Stubbs was killed in action after declining rescue by HMCS Haida to swim back for more crew members.
See also: List of ships of the Canadian Navy
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