| Name: | ATHABASKAN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 31/10/1940 |
| Launched: | 15/11/1941 |
| Completed: | 15/02/1943 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 28 |
| Dimensions: | 1960disp - 2520disp, 355.5 x 36.5 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 44000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 2 x 4.7ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; |
| 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 1 x depth charge rack & 2 x throwers | |
| History: | |
| 15/02/1943 | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 29/04/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Admiralty TRIBAL Class of destroyers |
| 27/08/1943: Damaged by German glide bomb in the Bay of Biscay | |
| 29/04/1944: Torpedoed & sunk N of Ile de Batz by German destroyer escort T24 | |
| 128 of the crew died |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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