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Several [[Canada|Canadian]] naval ships have been named '''HMCS ''Athabaskan'''''. All named for the [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]] people and destroyers.<br />
First ship was British built, the other two in Canada.<br />
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* {{HMCS|Athabaskan|G07}}, a {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|1||1936}}, commissioned in 1943 and torpedoed in the [[English Channel]] off French coast on 29 April 1944.<br />
* {{HMCS|Athabaskan|R79}}, later renumbered (DDE 219), was a Tribal-class destroyer commissioned in 1947. Scrapped 1970.<br />
* {{HMCS|Athabaskan|DDG 282}} is an {{sclass|Iroquois|destroyer|1}}, commissioned in 1972. Remained in service longer than her three sister ships, and was paid off in March 2017.<br />
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'''Battle Honours'''<br />
*Arctic, 1943–44 – blockade patrols in North Atlantic<br />
*English Channel, 1944 – Operation Hostile and Operation Tunnel<br />
*[[Korean War|Korea]], 1950–53 – three tours by providing naval gunfire support operations off the Korean coastline<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Canadian-Navy/Destroyer/DDE-219-HMCS-Athabaskan.htm|title = R 79 DDE 219 HMCS Athabaskan UK Tribal class destroyer escort Royal Canadian Navy}}</ref><br />
*[[Gulf War|Gulf and Kuwait]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/athabaskan.html Government of Canada Ships' Histories - HMCS Athabaskan]<br />
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