The hull of the Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Athabaskan was damaged when it broke loose from its tow line last week and went adrift off Scatarie Island in Cape Breton, CBC News has learned. The ...

I love the navy. Or perhaps it's better to say I love the way the navy works when it works well. Take the mission to Haiti. Last week Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced that Canada's navy would ...

A Canadian destroyer was steaming at full speed Thursday evening to help rescue a Nova Scotian family and one crew member whose yacht was adrift in rough seas hundreds of kilometres north of Bermuda.

Marine Recycling Corporation of Port Colborne, Ontario has been awarded a $5.7 million contract to dispose of the former Royal Canadian Navy ship, Athabaskan.

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Athabaskan was paid off during a ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax Friday. HMCS Athabaskan, the last of the four Iroquois-class Area Air Defence destroyers, served the ...

Up to five Canadian vessels were to take part in the exercise, which Kenney said was meant to send a strong message to Russia over its actions in eastern Europe You can save this article by ...

Canada’s last Cold War-era destroyer was towed out of Halifax harbour Thursday, headed for Cape Breton where it will be scrapped. Athabaskan, flanked by tugboats as it left the harbour that was its ...

In its heyday, it was one of Canada’s largest fighting ships — built as a helicopter-carrying submarine hunter with a crew of more than 250 You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

HALIFAX – A navy destroyer was left with six punctures when a tugboat crashed into it, and then four lines snapped one after another as the warship was being towed from Ontario to Nova Scotia, a ...