Athabaskan Island

Athabaskan Island (52 ̊03'00" 128 ̊18'00" W side of Tide Rip Passage, SW of Bella Bella). HMCS Athabaskan was a Tribal-class destroyer (115 m, 2270 tonnes, top speed 36 knots), built in Britain and launched in 1943. In Apr 1944 it encountered four German E-class destroyers while patrolling the western approaches to the English Channel with a sister vessel, HMCS Haida. After an hour-long engagement, the Athabaskan was struck by a torpedo and sank, with the loss of 111 men including its capt,...

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