HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1944. She was similar to the Royal Navy's A class and wore initially the pennant D59, changed in 1940 to I59.

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

Skeena at sea
History
Canada
NameSkeena
NamesakeSkeena River
Ordered6 March 1928
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
Yard number1092
Laid down14 October 1929
Launched10 October 1930
Commissioned10 June 1931
Honours and
awards
  • Atlantic 1939–44
  • Normandy 1944
  • Biscay 1944
FateWrecked 25 October 1944 during a storm off Reykjavík, Iceland.
BadgeBlazon Azure, out of a base invected argent, a salmon sinisterwise proper.
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement1,337 long tons (1,358 t)
Length
  • 321 ft 3 in (97.92 m) o/a
  • 309 ft (94 m) p/p
Beam32 ft 9 in (9.98 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement181
Armament
  • Original;
  • 4 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns
  • 8 × tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (2×4)
  • 2 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns
  • Wartime modifications;
  • 2 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × QF 12-pounder (3 inch (76 mm)) gun
  • 4 × tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes (1×4)
  • 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar

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 were the first ships specifically built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 July 1931.

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