HMCS Athabaskan (G07) was the first of three destroyer

Destroyer

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s of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a destroyer of the Tribal-class

Tribal class destroyer (1936)

The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...

, built in 1940-1941 in the United Kingdom

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 by Vickers Armstrong

Vickers

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 of Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

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 with Parsons

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 engine works.
She was heavily damaged by a Henschel Hs 293

Henschel Hs 293

The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German anti-ship guided missile: a radio-controlled glide bomb with a rocket engine slung underneath it. It was designed by Herbert A. Wagner.- History :...

 glider bomb during an anti-submarine chase off Cape Ortegal, in the Bay of Biscay

Bay of Biscay

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, on 27 August 1943. HMS Egret

HMS Egret (L75)

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 was sunk in the same incident.
Athabaskan was lost in the English Channel

English Channel

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 the night of 29 April 1944.