HMCS Skeena (I59)
Navy: |
Royal Canadian Navy |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
A |
Pennant: |
I 59 |
Built by: |
Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
Ordered: |
6 Mar, 1928 |
Laid down: |
14 Oct, 1929 |
Launched: |
10 Oct, 1930 |
Commissioned: |
10 Jun, 1931 |
Lost: |
25 Oct, 1944 |
History: |
HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X.
Russell, RCN) was wrecked during a storm at Videy, Iceland. This location is right off Reykjavík, the capital. |