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	HMCS Athabaskan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMCS Athabaskan is a name used by three ships of the Canadian Navy.
		HMCS Athabaskan (R79), later renumbered (DDE 219), a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1948.
		HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282), an Iroquois Class destroyer, commissioned in 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMCS_Athabaskan (122 words)

	Encyclopedia: Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family.
		The Athabaskan family is the largest family in North America in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers (the Uto-Aztecan family which extends in Mexico has many more speakers).
		The 24 Northern Athabaskan languages are spoken throughout the interior of Alaska and the interior of northwestern Canada in the Yukon and Northwest Territories as well as in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Athabaskan (3676 words)

	Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The word itself does not come from any Athabaskan language; it is an anglicized version of the Cree Indian name for Lake Athabasca in Canada.
		Athabaskan languages are spoken throughout the interior of Alaska and the interior of northwestern Canada.
		California Athabaskan Languages and Cultures Materials on the languages and cultures of the California Athabaskan peoples, with a focus on Cahto.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Athabaskan.html (327 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alumni Association of HMCS Quadra Federal not-for-profit corporation formed to develop and encourage camaraderie and fraternity amongst serving and former members of the Ship's Company of HMCS QUADRA.
		HMCS Protecteur A logistic vessel of the Canadian Forces (Navy) presents itself in text and photo.
		HMCS Victoria The crew of one of four submarines purchased from the United Kingdom and the first submarine to be delivered to Canada's Navy presents info on themselves and their ship.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-HMCS_Athabaskan.html (280 words)

	Athabaskan Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Athabaskan family is the largest family in North American in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers.
		The 24 Northern Athabaskan languages are spoken throughout the interior of Alaska and the interior of northwestern Canada.
		The 7 Pacific Coastal Athabaskan languages are spoken in southern Oregon and northern California.
	www.echostatic.com /Athabaskan.html (922 words)

	HMCS Huron Association - Canadian Tribals In Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After yet another uneventful anti-shipping patrol, at 051 on 20 August Athabaskan was lying at anchor north of Ryanku ready to bombard the five villages on the island, the plan being to panic the civilian population and thereby disrupt communications.
		But Athabaskan was not satisfied even with such shooting and when she had disposed of her captive junks she moved t within a mile of Yo Dolmi.
		Athabaskan was under orders to leave the Inchon patrol area in the afternoon and rejoin HMS Kenya.
	www.hmcshuronassociation.com /stories/story05.htm (995 words)

	Canada's Navy: HMCS ATHABASKAN - News and Events
		ATHABASKAN fulfilled all of her assigned tasks and objectives in 2001 and enjoyed a very successful year.
		HMCS ATHABASKAN was assigned to the Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic and based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
		HMCS ATHABASKAN was assigned to the Commander Maritime Atlantic and based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	www.navy.dnd.ca /athabaskan/news/ship_news_e.asp?category=7&id=9 (155 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMCS Athabaskan (G 07), a Tribal Class destroyer, commissioned in 1943.
		HMCS Athabaskan (R 79), later renumbered (DDE 219), a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1948.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /HMCS_Athabaskan (119 words)

	HMCS ATHABASKAN 219
		The Athabaskan closed the wreck and it was seen that a good number of the crew were still on board.
		The Athabaskan closed and recovered one boat load of eight survivors and dispatched her own seaboat to stand by the stern of the stricken vessel.
		Throughout this operation I was greatly impressed by the high standard of seamanship displayed by the commanding officer, officers and men of the Athabaskan and by the cheerfulness and bravery displayed by the officers and men of the SS Amphialos.
	www.jproc.ca /athabee219/amphialo.html (1465 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan (i) of the Tribal class
		Tweed), consiting of the British frigates HMS Nene, HMS Tweed and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Calgary, HMCS Edmundston and HMCS Snowberry were deployed to relieve the 40th Escort Group.
		Also the covering cruiser HMS Bermuda was relieved by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Athabaskan and the British destroyer HMS Grenville.
		HMCS Athabaskan was heavily damaged and HMS Egret was sunk with the loss of 194 of her crew.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4440.html (410 words)

	Side Story
		During all of this, the crew of HMCS ATHABASKAN appeared very disinterested with the proceedings but this was far from the truth.
		HMCS HURON was not ready to attempt such a challenge and the United States Navy, the RN and the Royal Australian Navy had quit the contest.
		ATHABASKAN was declared the winner with the final record of one minute and forty seconds.
	hmcshaida.ca /oiling.html (1145 words)

	Athabaskan languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For any of the ships called "HMCS Athabaskan" see the disambiguation page HMCS Athabaskan.
		The Athabaskan family is the largest family in North America in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers (the Uto-Aztecan family which extends into Mexico has many more speakers).
		The various branches are areal, but not necessarily genetic (Southern Athabaskan is a genetic branch, however).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athabaskan (1059 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMCS Athabaskan (G 07), a Tribal Classdestroyer, commissioned in 1943.
		HMCS Athabaskan (R 79), later renumbered (DDE219), a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1948.
		HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282), an IroquoisClass destroyer, commissioned in 1972.
	www.therfcc.org /hmcs-athabaskan-116164.html (105 words)

	From the Canadian Forces Philatelic Society Bulletin Vol. 22 No. 1
		A pre-launching photo of HMCS La Malbaie served as the model for the 20 cent Canadian corvette stamp of 1942 (Scott A104).
		The construction of both Iroquois and Athabaskan began on the same day in 1940 in the United Kingdom and Iroquois was the first Canadian Tribal to be commissioned in late 1942.
		The River Class destroyer HMCS Saguenay, commissioned in 1931 as one of the first ships built for the RCN, was assigned to the America and West Indies Station at the beginning of WW II.
	www.sfu.ca /~dgronbec/22-1b.htm (674 words)

	Athabaskan - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Athabascan or Athapascan or Athapaskan or Athabaskan is the name of a Native American people, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family.
		Tlingit is said to be related to this group to form the language family called Na-Dene by linguists.
		The Apachean languages are spoken in the American Southwest, Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Athabaskan (263 words)

	History News Network
		When Raymond Meloche and fellow survivors of the HMCS Athabaskan learned - about 50 years after the fact - that their destroyer might have been sunk by an ally, not a German gunboat, they were outraged.
		The Athabaskan and its sister destroyer HMCS Haida were on night patrol in the English Channel when the Athabaskan suffered a German strike.
		An inquiry during the war found that the Athabaskan was destroyed after fire moved from the stern to midships and exploded a magazine or boiler.
	hnn.us /comments/5672.html (654 words)

	WRECK OF 'UNLUCKY' DESTROYER HMCS ATHABASKAN LOCATED - from DIVER Magazine - December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A joint Canadian/French diving project has located the wreck of WW2 Canadian destroyer HMCS Athabaskan - dubbed the Unlucky Lady - in 90m off the island of Batz, Britanny.
		She then suffered a series of mishaps including storm damage to her hull, a collision with HMS Bargate close to Scapa Flow, and being hit by a glider bomber while patrolling off the coast of Spain.
		In April 1944 HMCS Athabaskan was escorting minelayers off the coast of France when she came under attack from two German Elbing class destroyers and was hit by a torpedo.
	www.divernet.com /news/items/wreck131202.htm (237 words)

	ATHABASKAN
		The first HMCS ATHABASKAN was a tribal class destroyer,hull number G07, launched on November 8, 1941 and commissioned in 1943.
		During the ensuing battle,HMCS ATHABASKAN was torpedoed and sank with the loss of her commanding Officer together with ten officers and 100 men were lost; five officers and eighty men were picked up by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war in POW camps.
		HMCS ATHABASKAN continued to serve from Halifax until she was placed in reserve in January 1965.She paid off in April 1966 and was sold broken up in 1969 in italy
	csailor.bravehost.com /athabaskan (556 words)

	Go2War2.nl - Tribal klasse
		HMCS Iroquois werd voornamelijk ingezet voor konvooidiensten in de Noord-Atlantische en Arctische Oceaan.
		HMCS Huron nam na de Tweede Wereldoorlog nog deel aan de Korea-oorlog en werd in augustus 1965 verkocht om te worden gesloopt.
		HMCS Haida werd in 1954 uit dienst genomen en aangekocht om als museumschip dienst te doen.
	www.go2war2.nl /artikel/722 (4442 words)

	Canada's Navy: News & Information
		HMCS Haida, on mission with Athabaskan stayed in the rescue vicinity overnight, rescuing 42 survivors at great risk of being torpedoed as well.
		HMCS Athabaskan rests at a depth of 87 m in an underwater valley.
		An Athabaskan Memorial, including a full mural dedicated to HMCS Athabaskan, a chart of her position, the location of different forces during D-Day, a ship’s crest, a picture of the ship, and a stained glass were inaugurated at the Fort Montbarey memorial site.
	www.navy.dnd.ca /mspa_news/news_e.asp?id=131 (487 words)

	Kapyong, A Monument Beyond Juno Beach To Be Remembered
		HMCS Athabaskan - second trip - received the Republic of Korea Citation for "exceptionally meritorious service and heroism." The Citation was signed by President Syngman Rhee, ROK and dated November 1, 1951.
		[HMCS Athabaskan, third trip] When the cease-fire was signed, Canada continued to station at least one destroyer on duty to preserve the shaky cease-fire.
		HMCS Sioux departed the theatre on September 7, 1955 and returned to Esquimalt on 24 September 1955.
	www.senioryears.com /kapyong.html (1616 words)

	HMCS Huron Association - The Andre Audet Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMCS Athabaskan was commissioned on February 3, 1943 with Commander G.R. Mile, OBE, RCN as her Captain.
		Athabaskan became a very busy ship working in close support with the RN on routine patrols and various duties in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and the Arctic Oceans.
		The Athabaskan came alongside the German Destroyer at about a distance of 200 feet and fired at the German ship until it was sunk.
	www.hmcshuronassociation.com /stories/story08.htm (1321 words)

	HistoryTelevision.ca :: Week of Remembrance :: Programming : The Mysterious Sinking of the HMCS Athabaskan
		On April 29th, 1944, the HMCS Athabaskan is hit by two massive explosions fatally wounding the Canadian warship, and sending her quickly to her watery grave at the bottom of the English Channel.
		Recently, Athabaskan has been found five miles off the coast of France in 280 feet of water and now the first expedition to Athabaskan is taking place.
		The HMCS Athabaskan airs Thursday, November 11 at 9 pm ET.
	www.historytelevision.ca /weekofRemembrance/programming/hmcs.asp (205 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan (R79) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMCS Athabaskan (R79) was the second destroyer of the Canadian Navy to bear that name.
		Its pennant was later changed to DDE 219.
		Both this ship and the original Athabaskan were Tribal class destroyers and thus the latter became known as the Athabaskan II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMCS_Athabaskan_(R_79) (99 words)

	Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy
		RESTIGOUCHE, however, was of a later class which bore her name, the main difference being that she had a 3"/70 Vickers gun forward instead of a FMC 3"/50 like the one she bears aft.
		HMCS GATINEAU, shown here, is a good example of the refits carried out on the IMPROVED RESTIGOUCHE class in the 1960s.
		A member of this class, HMCS TERRA NOVA, served in the Gulf War after the replacement of the ASROC launcher with two Harpoon SSM quad launchers and a Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) 20mm cannon over the Limbo mortar well.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/rcnships/destroy (882 words)

	Service Publications
		To HMS Sheffield in 1944 and to HMCS Uganda in 1944.
		A glide bomb hit HMCS Athabaskan at the junction of "B" gun-deck and the wheel-house.
		Details of the sinking of HMCS Athabaskan which was torpedoed by German Destroyer T-24 on 29 March 1944 in the English Channel can be found in "The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939 - 1945", Chapter 40.
	www.servicepub.com /c&ssample.htm (3585 words)

	Canada's Navy: HMCS ATHABASKAN - About the Ship
		Built at Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. In Lauzon, Quebec, HMCS ATHABASKAN, the third warship of her class, was launched on November 27th, 1970 and commissioned on November 30th, 1972.
		For defense against air and surface threats, HMCS ATHABASKAN originally had the Canadian Sea Sparrow missile system and a 5" 54 caliber gun.
		In April 1991, ATHABASKAN returned to Halifax to commence her TRUMP conversion, which prepared her for modern day warfare.
	www.navy.dnd.ca /athabaskan/about/ship_about_e.asp?category=20 (179 words)

	Canadian Tribal Association - Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Admiralty agreed that the UK should build the first ones and they also acted as agents, arranging for the Canadian Government to buy the Tribals by a system of direct instalments while Britain paid cash for the corvettes being built in Canadian yards for the RN.
		ATHABASKAN was therefore renamed IROQUOIS and launched as the lead ship while the original IROQUOIS was launched as ATHABASKAN.
		After her commissioning on 3rd February 1943 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, she was assigned to the British Home Fleet but ATHABASKAN was plagued with mishaps during her very short service life.
	www.jproc.ca /cta/athab1.html (491 words)

	HMCS ATHABASKAN 219 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On Board HMCS ATHABASKAN, in the Yellow Sea - There are a couple of seamen on board this Tribal class destroyer who take in washing.
		The ATHABASKAN's laundry is situated on the forecastle deck, beneath the bridge, and there, in a space of about ten feet by ten feet, are housed a steam press, a large rotary washer, a drum spin dryer and a steam drier.
		Fleming is a stoker by trade and when general quarters sounds, he takes his post at the tiller flats in readiness for fire-fighting and damage control duties.
	www.jproc.ca /athabee219/laundry1.html (537 words)

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