| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | A |
| Pennant | D 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 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. Patrick Francis Xavier Russell, RCN) was wrecked during a storm at Videy, Iceland. This location is right off Reykjavík, the capital. |
| Noteable events involving Skeena include: 17 Jul, 1940 2 Sep, 1940 23 Nov, 1940 Skeena also picks up 9 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Salonica that was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 west of Ireland in position 55º16'N, 12º14'W. 3 Mar, 1941 31 Jul, 1942 |
