HMCS Athabaskan (G07)

	HMCS Athabaskan, date unknown.
History
Canada
Name	Athabaskan
Namesake	The First Nations peoples who share the Athabaskan language
Ordered	5 April 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	31 October 1940
Launched	15 November 1941
Commissioned	3 February 1943
Out of service	29 April 1944
Identification	Pennant number: G07
Motto	"We fight as one"
Honours and; awards	Arctic 1943-44, English Channel 1944
Fate	Sunk by German torpedo boats in the English Channel, 29 April 1944 (north of Île Vierge and off the coast of Brittany)
Badge	On 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 type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 long tons (1,880 t) (standard); 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) (full);
Length	377 ft (115 m) length overall
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons steam turbines; 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	524 short tons (475 t) fuel oil
Complement	190 (219 as leader)
Armament	6 - 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.

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.

Athabaskan was ordered 5 April 1940 as part of the 1940-1941 building programme.^[2] 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.^[2]

^ "Official Linneages: Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships". Department of National Defence. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "HMCS Athabaskan (i) (G07)". uboat.net. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

[l1-1] "Official Linneages: Volume 2, Part 1: Extant Commissioned Ships". Department of National Defence. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

[u1-2] "HMCS Athabaskan (i) (G07)". uboat.net. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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History
HMCS Athabaskan, date unknown.
Canada
Name	Athabaskan
Namesake	The First Nations peoples who share the Athabaskan language
Ordered	5 April 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	31 October 1940
Launched	15 November 1941
Commissioned	3 February 1943
Out of service	29 April 1944
Identification	Pennant number: G07
Motto	"We fight as one"
Honours and awards	Arctic 1943-44, English Channel 1944^[1]
Fate	Sunk by German torpedo boats in the English Channel, 29 April 1944 (north of Île Vierge and off the coast of Brittany)
Badge	On 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 type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 long tons (1,880 t) (standard) 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) (full)
Length	377 ft (115 m) length overall
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons steam turbines 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Capacity	524 short tons (475 t) fuel oil
Complement	190 (219 as leader)
Armament	6 - 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.