HMCS Athabaskan was a Tribal-class destroyer that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the immediate post-Second World War era.

[1] Having missed action within the North Atlantic, Athabaskan II served in the Korean War and played an important role in Canadian post-war naval reform following a crew protest in 1949.

On 26 February 1949, when the Athabaskan was on fueling stop at Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, ninety leading seamen and below – constituting more than half the ship's company – locked themselves in their messdecks, and refused to come out until getting the captain to hear their grievances.

Specifically, while talking with the disgruntled crew members, the captain is known to have placed his cap over a written list of demands which could have been used as legal evidence of a mutiny, pretending not to notice it.

[5] Athabaskan served three tours of duty during the Korean War, departing from Esquimalt for her first on 5 July 1950 and returning from her third on 11 December 1953.

Joining the UN forces, she participated in patrols, anti-submarine protection, ship escorts, and assisted in capturing ports, transporting troops, evacuation, and bombardments.