| Laid down | 1st June 1951 |
| Launched | 19th August 1952 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 30th March 1957 |
| Fate | Decommissioned: 1st November 1993 |
| Builders | Burrard Drydock, Vancouver Canada |
| Complement | 250 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 2250 tons std 3050 tons max |
| Dimensions | 366' x 42' |
| Draught | 13' 3" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | As built: 4 x FMC 3" (2 x 2) Refitted: 2 x FMC 3" (1 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | 4 x 40mm Bofors (2 x 2) |
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 12.75" Mk32 (2 x 3) |
| Other weapons | As built: ASW: 2 x Limbo mortars Refitted: ASW: 1 x Limbo mortar |
| Countermeasures | 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As built: None Refitted: 1 x Sea King |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | SPS12 air search SPS10 surface search Sperry Mk2 navigation |
| Sonar | SQS505 hull mounted SQS501 hull mounted |
| ECM | N/A |
| Other | SPG48 fire control |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 x English Electric steam turbines |
| Power output | 30000shp |
| Speed | 28kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 4500NM @ 14kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
Skeena recommissioned on 14th August 1965 after receiving the helicopter refit. She was given the DELEX refit in 1981.
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