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Laid down: 01 Jun 1951

Launched: 19 Aug 1952

Commissioned: 30 Mar 1957

Paid off for DDH Conversion: 01 Jul 1964

Re-commissioned: 14 Aug 1965


Paid off for DELEX refit: 12 Apr 1981

Re-commissioned: 20 Nov 1981

Paid off: 01 Nov 1993

Fate: Broken up in 1996



Built at Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver, SKEENA was commissioned on 30 Mar 1957. On 16 Jan 1958, SKEENA, in company with CAYUGA 218, CRESCENT 226, FRASER 233 and, MARGAREE 230 departed Esquimalt, BC, for a Far Eastern Training cruise; returning to Esquimalt on 02 Apr 1958. On 26 May 1964, SKEENA 207 DDE, departed Esquimalt for the east coast for her conversion to DDH which began on 01 Jul 1964 at Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Que. On 14 Aug 1965, after a year's work, she was re-commissioned in DDH format and allocated for service out of Halifax. On 27 Jul 1970, along with HMCS ANNAPOLIS and HMCS PROTECTEUR, she departed Halifax to celebrate Manitoba's Centennial with visits to Fort Churchill, Rankin Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet and Wakeham Bay. In 1972 she was designated a French Language Unit. On 17 Jul 1976, HMCS PROTECTEUR, along with HMCS SKEENA and HMCS FRASER arrived at Montreal in support of the 1976 Olympics. SKEENA underwent her DELEX refit at Montreal between 12 Apr and 20 Nov 1981. On 22 May 1985 HMCS SKEENA 207 and USS RICHARD F. BYRD departed Leixoes, Portugal to intercept and observe the Kiev Task Group that entered the Atlantic from the Mediterranean. In the summer of 1991 she took part in the NATO exercise Ocean Safari '91, soon afterward visiting St. Lawrence and Great Lake ports to encourage recruiting and public awareness. She was paid off on 01 Nov 1993, and on 03 Jul 1996 left Halifax in tow for India to be broken up.