Several

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

naval ships have been named HMCS ''Athabaskan''. All named for the

Athabaskan Athabaskan (also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific C ...

people and destroyers. First ship was British built, the other two in Canada. * , a , commissioned in 1943 and torpedoed in the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

off French coast on 29 April 1944. * , later renumbered (DDE 219), was a Tribal-class destroyer commissioned in 1947. Scrapped 1970. * is an , commissioned in 1972. Remained in service longer than her three sister ships, and was paid off in March 2017. Battle Honours *Arctic, 1943–44 – blockade patrols in North Atlantic *English Channel, 1944 – Operation Hostile and Operation Tunnel *

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

, 1950–53 – three tours by providing naval gunfire support operations off the Korean coastline * Gulf and Kuwait

References

External links

Directorate of History and Heritage – HMCS Athabaskan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Athabaskan, Hmcs Royal Canadian Navy ship names