HMCS Skeena (D59)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Skeena.
HMCS Skeena was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1944. She was similar to the Royal Navy's A class and wore initially the pennant D59, changed in 1940 to I59.
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Skeena at sea | |
History | |
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Name | Skeena |
Namesake | Skeena River |
Ordered | 6 March 1928 |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston |
Yard number | 1092 |
Laid down | 14 October 1929 |
Launched | 10 October 1930 |
Commissioned | 10 June 1931 |
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Fate | Wrecked 25 October 1944 during a storm off Reykjavík, Iceland. |
Badge | Blazon Azure, out of a base invected argent, a salmon sinisterwise proper. |
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Displacement | 1,337 long tons (1,358 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 32 ft 9 in (9.98 m) |
Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
Complement | 181 |
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She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston, Hampshire and commissioned into the RCN on 10 June 1931 at Portsmouth, England. Skeena and her sister HMCS Saguenay were the first ships specifically built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 July 1931.