HMCS Athabaskan (G07)

HMCS Athabaskan was the first of three destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a destroyer of the Tribal class, that served in the Second World War. She was named for the First Nations peoples who make up the Athabaskan language group. She was torpedoed in the English Channel and sunk in 1944.

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Athabaskan.

HMCS Athabaskan, date unknown.
History
Canada
NameAthabaskan
NamesakeThe First Nations peoples who share the Athabaskan language
Ordered5 April 1940
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down31 October 1940
Launched15 November 1941
Commissioned3 February 1943
Out of service29 April 1944
IdentificationPennant number: G07
Motto"We fight as one"
Honours and
awards		Arctic 1943-44, English Channel 1944
FateSunk by German torpedo boats in the English Channel, 29 April 1944 (north of Île Vierge and off the coast of Brittany)
BadgeOn a field argent, a North American Indian mounted bareback upon an Indian pony, holding a red bow and arrow in the "ready" position
General characteristics
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) (standard)
  • 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) (full)
Length377 ft (115 m) length overall
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Parsons steam turbines
  • 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 × shafts
Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity524 short tons (475 t) fuel oil
Complement190 (219 as leader)
Armament6 - 4.7 in LA -QF guns (3×2), 2 - 4 in HA guns (1×2), 4 - 2-pounder AA guns (1×4), 12 - 20 mm AA guns (6×2), 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1×4), 1 - depth charge rack, 2 - depth charge throwers.

Athabaskan was ordered 5 April 1940 as part of the 1940-1941 building programme. She was laid down in the United Kingdom on 31 October 1940 by Vickers-Armstrongs of High Walker and built in consort with CA Parsons engine works. She was launched on 18 November 1941 and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 February 1943.

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