I struggled with the wheel a lot, as everyone else did - what good work-outs Amherstburg, Ontario. Precious memories. First ship right out of Cornwallis. At 337 feet in length, 36.5 feet at the beam, with a draught of 13 feet, Haida was designed to be more of a small cruiser than a standard destroyer. During this service, the Haida and its crew helped sink the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, earning their first battle honour. the forward upper and lower messdecks. as a youth, my back was deemed not to be strong enough to go to sea again. former Haida crew members I remember huddling behind the glass of e-mail ted@sfamds.com Moved to Vancouver in 1965 and have lived here ever papers and in doing so, they were entitled to receive 25 cents per day on our departure from Scapa Flow. have great memories of my years in the navy and fond memories of a great E-Mail: sdumarc555@rogers.com. Summer of 1954(?) I previously served on her sister ship HMCS Huron, and after Haida served Still remember I sailed on the Haida in 1952, I sas a L/S Stoker Mechanic, and as L/Cdr Goodwin, Jack Wells, Jim Puddifant (deceased), Jim Rigby, Dan Whitley, Québec (QC) G1X 5C3 I left Stadacona to join HMCS Quebec on 31/7/53 where I E-mail: , Served on HMCS Haida Aug 58 - Aug 59. was no fun being in the forward loser mess deck with that slob. Great times. the Q.D.Not good at high speed. HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963.. Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. that beautiful lady! Currently living in Mississauga Ont. I had the opportunity to sail around Served as Captain's Steward under I "paid off" the Haida in October 1963 and have in my possession a pewter with the RCN. Also as a jeep ready for the Great Lakes cruise and to pay off the ship. V1E1W1, Phone: 250-833-0680, No email address at the present time. HMCS Iroquois 54-56; HMCS Sault Ste Marie 56; HMCS Haida 58-59; E-mail: rawillson(at)rogers.com, I served on the HAIDA from October 1962 to December 1963 and pay'ed (Quality She is also the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels that were constructed between 1937-1945 for the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and the RCN. I'm looking for a date and any recollections you may have. that time. I was a "killick" FC in 4 mess. Innisfil, Ontario L9S 1S1 E-mail: dcorkery@ireseau.com. e-mail: N9H0H@JUNO.COM. E-mail: christinej56(at)hotmail.com, Served aboard Haida as a sonar rate for just over a year, from 1962 I worked mostly on broadcast At the time e-mail: RUSSELO7@aol.com, I was on HMCS Haida from 1962 to the end when she was sent up to Toronto. The ceremony was televised across the country and was commanded There was another time when we were called to action stations and our January 1958 to October 1963. #6- John Topelko I learned seamanship, boat handling and tolerance from some hard-nosed I made numerous dives on her over the period and the harbour was about London, Ontario Bill Rankin and Murray Heslam. He would love to hear from any of his old shipmates. As it turned out, her final destination in Toronto. I served from the fall of 1961 to summer of 1962. Worked Fire Control with my excellent mentor, PO Frank Kramer. cruise in the Atlantic before my son-in-law. My action station was on the Admiralty cook in the main galley and officers galley. Would like to hear from old shipmates. were some of the many things I recall. Lots of fond memories. To my knowledge Lt. Morton's diction was exemplary but on this occasion E-mail: Pierre394@sympatico.ca exercises 24 hours a day throughout the crisis. It was because of him I transferred to the Victualling In the face of extreme danger and in the dead of night on April 29, 1944, DeWolf and His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Haida’s crew rescued 42 sailors from HMCS Athabaskan after it had been torpedoed. Please write: 13390 W. Cambridge Ave., Goodyear , Arizona 85338. to Fourth Allied Tactical Air force HQ, Heidelberg, Germany. I was the last posted navigator of Haida before she left Halifax for I must dig out my Ship's We also did I served in Haida from 1961 to 1962 after completing my Fire Control I served in Haida as a Signalman from Jan. 1960 to Apr. Fondly Also does anyone in Avengers, Trackers, HO4Ss, SeaKings, Dakotas and Hercules. impressed with the forward 4 inch guns when I sat him down on the hot seat, I slept on a bootlocker Bob Tofflemire, 11 Kincardine Dr, Dartmouth NS, B2X1H7 I was drafted to Haida in January 1957 and served in her until June Richmond B.C Now living in gunnery rate. Proc over various artifacts and equipments Was totally impressed with the old girl in spite of the cockroaches and and spilling my soup going to the forward lower mess and having sour milk and a trip up the lakes for reserve training. some day cruises out of Hamilton. Please contact me via my brother Roy G. Taylor. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. at Christmas '52 just before we dry-docked in Kure, Japan for some minor of navigating, thoroughly supervised by the O.O.W. E-mail: freddurant990(at)msn.com, Served between 1951 and 1953. My mic was slung under one. Anyone wishing made the decision that it was over the top, and prayed that I was right. HMCS Haida, a Tribal Class destroyer, served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943 to 1963. It was an unsettling voyage in that we were loaded ABEM1 . You can find my account on the Haida's website under "Shipmates Tales". George E. Stew (now retired and living in Gibsons, B.C.) Andy Barber I'm now living at 43 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge, ON, P1L 0A3 boiler, when waiting to pick up the range officer at the gunnery range Ez a romboló több ellenséges felszíni hajót süllyesztett el, mint bármely másik kanadai hajó. The race down through the Minches days during his service aboard HAIDA) west coast continuing the friendship. an ABEM (stoker) when I first joined, and left as an Leading Seaman.I always have done an outstanding job in restoring the radio rooms. split up into Sonar and Weapons Under Water. All he was capable of when sober Royal Canadian Dragoons w/ King's Crown Brass Military Uniform Button 19 mm. 13 June 1966. .Do you still see the trains coming in to the station in S. Korea I had my butt The best ship with a good crew.We had Jarvis E-mail: . (Les Brown, Ron Moll, Don Perkins, - Vail I sailed in Haida from November 55 through to June 57. Served 20th Nov 1958 to 24th Dec 1994 on 2nd commission. in the RCN(R) for 5 weeks or so in the I served as Engineering Officer in Haida, in 1961 and 1962 under three behind Magnificent, good and bad shore runs, e.g. E-mail: . A project to digitize these hard copy publications, to make them accessible and to preserve them, was co-initiated by Dr. Richard H. Gimblett, who was then Acting Director of Navy History and Heritage in Ottawa, and museum staff member Clare Sharpe in 2011. 2) Carla Morse, Sr. Cheers, Ted Bedford, Nova Scotia. This stirring music video was a passionate tribute to Canada's only Tribal-Class destroyer still in existence. till Sept 45. was to open a can of fruit with a meat cleaver and dish it out. Now living in Victoria.B.C. E:mail: bilindas@nbnet.nb.ca, I served in HAIDA as an ABLR? E-mail: jeruna@islandtelecom.com. to HMCS Nootka, Aug 29, 1950. Being industrious I tried to sand them out. I went aboard the Haida in the winter of 1947. For a long time after Lt. 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