HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
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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
HMCS Athabaskan, date unknown.
The motor cutter of HMCS Haida, which was used to rescue survivors of the sinking of Athabaskan
HMS Egret (L75)
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HMS Egret was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built by J. Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on 31 May 1938, and entered service on 11 November t
HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
…a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb, dropped by a KG 100 aircraft, during an anti-submarine chase off Cape Ortegal, in the Bay of Biscay, on 27 August 1943. HMS Egret was sunk in the same incident. The glider bomb passed entirely through Athabaskan before detonating on the outside of the ship. Returning to Scapa Flow…
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