HMCS Skeena (DDH 207)

HMCS Skeena (DDH 207)

HMCS "Skeena" (DDH 207) was a "St. Laurent"-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1957-1993.

She was commissioned into the RCN on 30 March 1957 and initially carried the pennant number DDE 207 as a destroyer escort. She underwent conversion to a destroyer helicopter escort (DDH) in the mid-1960s and was officially reclassed with pennant DDH 207 on 14 August 1965.

"Skeena" was selected by the Canadian Forces for the Destroyer Life Extension (DELEX) program and completed this refit on 20 November 1981.

She was decommissioned from active service in the CF on 1 November 1993.

She was sold in 1994 and scrapped in 1996.

References

* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/postwar/stlauren/ Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today: St. Laurent class destroyer escort]


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