HMCS Athabaskan

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HMCS Athabaskan
Commissioned: 3 Feb 1943

On 29 Apr 1944, Athabaskan and Haida engaged two German destroyers off Isle De Bas, Brittany, destroying one. She assisted in the destruction of the German torpedo boat T29 in the Channel off Ushant, and three days later was sunk by torpedo boat T24. Her captain and 128 men were lost, 83 taken prisoner, and 44 rescued by HMCS Haida

This site was created by Corey Forman with assistance from Douglas Moore, CYS, RCN/CF RET’D.