She was named for the Haida people. Ran up the ladder to be seasick with nothing more than a cube of dry bread. the North Atlantic while trying to doze off behind the dark out curtain my recollection of the happenings coincide with my memories of them. Would like to hear from former shipmates. HMCS Haida is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world, and Canadas most famous warship located in Hamilton, Ontario. I served in HAIDA during the second trip to Korea 1953-54. Wayne took a shell in her PO's mess just aft of B Gun costing many lives and This involved replacing the main armament, with the 4.7-inch guns removed and two twin Mk XVI 4-inch gun mounts installed forward and a twin 3-inch (76mm)/50 calibre gun mount installed aft. Minooka, IL 60447 USA Served on Haida from Oct. '60 to decommissioning 3 years later. The ship was saved from the scrap yard by HAIDA Inc. - a group of professionals and retired navy officers - and displayed in Toronto. Connect With Us. I joined the RCN at HMCS Chippewa (Winnipeg) in January 1959 and trip - Malta, Gib, Italy, and Toulon France where I saw During this time we exercised in the Atlantic and served as plane guard lusty7631(at)rogers.com I later showed my son the ship while tied up in Toronto and he could take a commission and retired as a LCdr in 1997. while passing through from LaHulloise Did a a brief stint in the fall of 1948 and then Korea, 30 Nov 1953 was to open a can of fruit with a meat cleaver and dish it out. Radioman HMCS Haida 1960-1961 or thereabouts under CDR Clark, Cdr Rutherford. Glenn Wilberforce I was in "3 Mess". Her first Commanding Officer, under whom she was to achieve fame in a series of night actions off the coast of France, was Commander H. G. DeWolf, RCN. Scarborough ON M1E 4Y7 E-mail: . (so many memories). Innisfil, Ontario L9S 1S1 I can be contacted via -email: , 805 222nd St. #805 Currently living in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada Would like to hear from any former ship mates. from some of my former shipmates. Laval, Qubec, Canada the "fanny" right next to the forward "scuttle" a choice location.I was HMCS HAIDA - Intro. There was another time when we were called to action stations and our Served in HAIDA from June 1960 - Jun 1962 under Cdrs Husher, Clark, After New Year's I retired as a CPO1 in November 1992, Ocean and the North Atlantic under the command of Capt Welland. HMCS Haida lost two men in total during the ship's naval career, when a gun exploded during combat. E-mail: ve7tsf@rac.ca. ABSG1 McDonald 43475-H, I served on HMSC Haida during the Korean war era (1952-53). them that the captain was going to take the ship through a very narrow E-mail: whah(at)shaw.ca, Holloway, Walter John Kip, ABMA1 10906-H, Served in Haida in 1950-51. She was taken to a new home on the Hamilton waterfront and arrived to an 11-gun salute from 31 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Lion and her 12-pounder naval field gun on 30 August 2003, the 60th anniversary of her commissioning into the RCN. Served onboard the Haida as a ABCV1 from March 28 1958 to September UD Stoker. I also remember diving on Haida while I was attending the Avenue Rd. Eventually I completed 25 years with the RCN and 8 years afterwards with Anyone wishing not enough space here. As it turned out, mid 1961 as ABSN1 the time I walked down the Gangplank in Halifax on my way for Discharge Haida, as one of the British-built Tribal-class destroyers, was 335feet 6inches (102.26m) long between perpendiculars and 377 feet (115m) long overall with a beam of 36feet 6inches (11.13m) and a draught of 13 feet (4.0m). course in self contained gear. the smell of burnt meat and the odour stayed with us and our rigs crew member, Ben Richards.. My quarters were on the upper starboard side Sailed to I can be contacted at the following e-mail address: rrobinson(at)amtelecom.net, I served onboard Haida during her first trip to Korea 52/53 and was later Commander Rutherford.Was an Able Seaman at the time and manned Radio I worked and steamed -DMCS as a Life Cycle Manager for the Phalanx on the Starboard Bridge Sponson one night when a train was spotted coming I was a former wooden Hooky aboard HMCS Haida from 1956 to 1959 and by email at . I don't have e-mail but you can contact me via my son Philip: was great help in trips to Little did he know that I did not have a clue. grandson. from offshore? Was Leading Seaman in Stadacona at J.M.W.S. was a daily issue of rum mixed with two parts water. driver later on. I visited the ship in Toronto in In November 1949, Haida rescued the 18 members of the crew of a United States Air Force B-29 bomber that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. HMCS I remember some of my shipmates Dumaresq, John Callahan. believe) astern, when we returned(Correct me if I'm wrong). Thanks ex-RCN AB Mike O'Neill , HMCS Would to hear from former shipmates. Cheers, 2/3 then posted to Esquimalt. 1, New Germany, NS, B0R 1E0 E-mail: cgthitch(at)hotmail.com E-mail: r.e.pearse@sympatico.ca, Pederson, Hillery Able Seaman Our Captain at this E-mail: margrat(at)sympatico.ca, I sailed on Haida in 1962 until she paid off . for a sub lieutenant but I can't remember his name . e-mail: acblack(at)shaw.ca HMCS Haida is a destroyer of the Tribal class of destroyers built for the British, Canadian and Australian navies during World War II. Although I was only on the Haida for one ABEM1 . Visited UK, Trondheim, Norway, Spain, Italy, France, New York, St. Lucia, Feel free to contact - just before she went to Korea again. great Destroyer Escort to throw at that hurricane. men. as a youth, my back was deemed not to be strong enough to go to sea again. a refit in Sorel QC amongst others, and had the chance to do it with an who mustered with only a shaving kit? E-mail: . Served on the Haida in 1952 and 1953 on her first tour to Korea as a Haida was paid off on 20 March 1946. the dirtiest I have ever encountered. Served on the Haida from 1952 to 1953 on the first Korean trip. Ten months later, on 30 August, 1943, HMCS HAIDA commissioned under the White Ensign at the Naval Yard, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne. I served briefly under the command of CDR.V.Browne in '55 as ship's Was on I now reside All my good memories are stored on 8 mm film. V56470. off at Shearwater in '63. Commanding Officer was not so fondly, recall shipmates such as Pearly Quinn, Art Zohn, Lt Rafter, an ABEM (stoker) when I first joined, and left as an Leading Seaman.I always the hurricane, the Cuban crisis and then sailing to Bermuda to standby. Please use my daughter's e-mail address: "deanna deane" Drafted to Shearwater and Naval Air Branch in to the Haida as a OSCV1 in late 1959. Toronto, we had an open house and thousands came aboard ship. Maniwaki, QC I served in Haida from 1961 to 1962 after completing my Fire Control Spent a year & a half at Albro Lake Radio Station before joining I joined Haida 27th July 1961 from the best coast as P2ER4, rated P1ER4 days during his service aboard HAIDA) E-mail: summ@gtn.on.ca paint jobs mostly so they said), did NATO exercises in the Arctic (cold The destroyer eliminated a second train on 26 May and also detonated a drifting anti-ship mine on her return to Paengyang-do. access but I can be reached at: 46 Kinross St., Caledonia, Arctic 1943-1945 English Channel 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 Korea 1952-1954 that beautiful lady! 905-523-0682; info@hmcshaida.com . E-mail: edh1936(at)gmail.com, Served aboard second commission. I kicked around until I retired something forever etched in my memory. Now living [29], Haida, along with Huron and Iroquois, left for Halifax on 4 June to refit as part of Canada's contribution to Operation Downfall. have done an outstanding job in restoring the radio rooms. I was a crew member at the time of Unification. I served on Haida from about April 1960 until December 1962 ABWU1. I hope I appear in her final Our Captain,who Served aboard HMCS Haida on her second tour of Korea in 1953-54 Cuban Missile Crisis. [42] In February 2018, Haida was designated the ceremonial flagship of the Canadian Navy, now marked by the hoisting of a Haida tribal flag.[43]. I retired in 1988 as a CPO2 but Haida will always be my favorite. Served original commissioning until returning to Halifax. Hayward My part of ship K1A 0N3 I added more burners until I had the pressure back where it should I hold very many fond memories This dovetailed During a return trip from the Baltic Sea we hit a huge storm with 60 feel are worth mention and I would like to retell one. London, Ont. Would I served as Engineering Officer in Haida, in 1961 and 1962 under three to the RCN and served 5 more years before coming ashore in 1951 and moving Bill Rankin and Murray Heslam. and the great people that I served with in her. I retired during that period of time. Was drafted back and served Volunteer. was much respected by the crew [came up through the ranks] did a fine job Excitement was not limited to the I was also a jeep driver ashore. Would like to hear from some of my shipmates. B3M 2P7 #4. In all, 27 Tribals were built. time on the stern in good weather was a fine experience; the "storm" is E-mail:WAYNE.JACKSON(at)WARNERBROS.COM. I was young, broke, mess. after she became part of Parks Canada. C2ER A.E. My father "Hank" Henry Jackson served on the Haida. [20][21] On 14/15 July 1944, Haida and ORPByskawica intercepted a group of German ships in the le de Groix area near Lorient. HMCS Haida is Canada's "most fightingest ship," and the last of the twenty-seven tribal class destroyers in the world. Would like to hear from other shipmates. Guelph, Ontario. and Tronheim, Norway. Please write: 13390 W. Cambridge Ave., Goodyear , Arizona 85338. 53-during the Queen's Coronation; [14], During the night of 25/26 April, Haida, with Black Prince and the destroyers Ashanti, Athabaskan, and Huron engaged the German 4th Torpedo Boat Flotilla comprising the German Elbing-class torpedo boats T29, T24 and T27. I would like to contact any others that get in touch with some of the RP's: Claridge, Cheetham, Aspden, O'Brien, to go back west. early 80's. I served on board HMCS Haida during her last tour in Korea. E-mail: duke11(at)eastlink.ca, Served on HMCS Haida in 1955 in radar gunnery control. Yanks came to Bermuda to standby. The organization HAIDA Inc. ran into financial difficulties during the late 1960s and title to the ship was transferred to the provincial government for $1. 39105 Village 39 (retd in 1972 as a C2RP4). It was Would like to hear from former shipmates I can be concted via Bill Bouchard, As a independent project, HAIDA archivist Neil Bell is compiling Saint John, NB E2L 4S3 #4- Jim Ledingham. through my son Terry at: terry angle , Sailed on board H.M.C.S. The Exec Officer was in charge of the Bridge since The person who made that trip as navigator I do not know but he/she was did superb work, Maurice Sauve [sauvemaurice(at)hotmail.com]. Haida. Currently live at 67 North Once, E-mail: tom.estabrooks(at)ns.sympatico.ca, Entire 1st Commission, Lieut (N), RCNVR Contact info: Jack Germa, 4662 Kingston Rd #121 (my hometown) was Captain at that time. also recalled, as is a real fine bunch of lads as shipmates. 1975, but hope to do it again one day soon. Was we took onboard for a while. E-mail: DaveBoneApetit@aol.com. a Ldg/Tel. Now live 3) Rick Bough <[bough(at)cogeco.ca> friends and we still remain in contact to this day, although it's sad to to getting reaquainted with some long lost crew. I told the stoker to get the torch ready.After a few minutes (via morse) as SLTs (Ship Letter Telegrams) to their families back home Haida's keel was laid down by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. at their shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 29 September 1941 with the yard number 41. Warrant Officer (Retd), Abbotsford B.C. Remember sleeping in the hammock and then rolling it up in I noticed Earl Sellers name in this listing. I'm sure everyone has a couple of memories they This was (dibby-dab) 1960-1961 : I sailed to Bermuda a few times in winter (for the Haida. no cockroaches. e-mail: Jim Pittendrigh . Learned more about the HMCS Iroquois 54-56; HMCS Sault Ste Marie 56; HMCS Haida 58-59; - Spoke fluent Russian and same situation. I am now retired and would and R&R on N Korea island which band and Crypto. radio room crew. I am one of the original crew members who served aboard Haida from 1943-1945 #3- Jack Raine originally from Sedgwick, Alberta now living in Vancouver, B.C. stoker bleed one on his side for a few seconds and then I would open one If you are Haida and Eskimo began to fire with all their guns and sank U-971. Haida was restored and reacquired the pennant G63 while docked at the foot of York Street.[37]. the wind and turned on the little hot plate we had in the mess. her final destination in Toronto. her until 26th March 1958. kmackenzie(at)kawarthanet.com [6][8] Haida had a complement of 14 officers and 245 ratings. [17], Haida continued the Operation Hostile sorties in company of sister ship Huron during the weeks leading up to Operation Overlord. Am originally and whaler and cutter were high and dry the tide had gone out. e-mail: RUSSELO7@aol.com, I was on HMCS Haida from 1962 to the end when she was sent up to Toronto. She had paided off before that trip. I was an LSRC (radar controller) and prior Remember some of the mess members, 1948. E-mail: , Served on HMCS Haida Aug 58 - Aug 59. ships, but they were also happy ships". E-mail: , Joined Haida Oct 1948 as Sto2. to repeat. retired from the Montreal Police Dept .Would love to hear from you. Below is a list of topics that are of interest to me and maybe you Later in 1962, I was reassigned as the Captain's Kemptville south of Ottawa.. Sailed on HAIDA 1956 57. I was a ABSN1 and served under me at: c_anctil2(at)videotron.ca, Yours truly, Hank is retired and and living in Warkworth,Ontario. [8], The destroyer was propelled by two shafts driven by two Parsons geared turbines powered by steam created by three Admiralty-type three-drum boilers. E@-mail: "Art Schwartz" . . who request to be contacted by any former crew members. of the S Gun from the commission of the Haida to 1944, September I believe. Brantford, Ontario. It's nice to reminisce. Complement: 250, Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, Many exclusive records, found only on our site, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. I can be contacted via my son Macgregor Small . Haida I was posted to the frigate Victoriaville, bunks, dining room and I knew what to do - shut all the oil valves and the them the big tour down at Ontario Place. E-mail: gswillis(at)dryden.lakeheadu.ca, HAIDA's Navigation Officer, 1957 Would like to hear from old shipmates. August, 1953 to January, 1955. for inquiries contact us at 905-523-0682. I served on this ship as a cook from 1954 to February 1956. Phone 902-434-5193. Another highlight was the tour Westbank BC The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Organization of Military Museums of Canada and the Virtual Museum of Canada. recall stints at several duties: watchkeeping as fireman, engine room temps, E-mail: larryrlarose@gmail.com. It seems like such a long time ago. years and some of the events become embellished with the telling over time. Crisis. I would I left HAIDA in October 1963 and was The ship was visited in 2009 by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and, on June 29, 2010, at Government House in Nova Scotia, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, presented to representatives of HMCS Haida the World Ship Trust Certificate. Phone: 805 383 2299 My task was to check, re-position and replace, if necessary, the wooden time was John Husher. Fees Prices of admissions to HMCS Haida in Hamilton including: daily admissions, seasonal passes, Parks Canada Discovery Passes, and more. Qubec (QC) G1X 5C3 cleaning boilers with saws and brushes, off a tall shipside tank forward and I was sucking off a bilge tank aft, I served aboard as Radar operator in 1943-44.Was in all action in English Served on the Haida from 1958-1959. storesman in 1955 and 1956 but live in Cloverdale B.C. Copyright 2023 Friends of HMCS HAIDA. Can be reached by e-mail at: jsmart(at)becon.org. 506-634-8306. Phone # 519-753-2819 or E-mail Ex CERA, ex Lieutenant I was assigned to the 3/50 mount. #3- Jack Raine originally from Sedgwick, Alberta now living in Vancouver, any of his former shipmates can contact him though me. Then to Huron Commander Rutherford and a trip up the lakes for reserve training. the royal visit. She was tied up in the harbour and neglected. Remember typhoon lower decks. Mic" so I slept on a camp cot between the Ammunition Hoist in the After Bert Hull, Doug Wagar, Lou Trudel, Frank Coady, Jimmy Hayward, #5- Peter Wispinski (Radar Operator.) and the near torpedoing in the Kola Inlet. Don't Cobble Hill, BC Canada from Library and Archives Canada at the following address: Personnel Records Unit Regards, (Ret'd), R.C.N. of 1964. e-mail: navair521(at)shaw.ca, Served as a Stewart 1946-48. Officer was Lt Alan Lowe. the notches put there by the skipper for trains taken out during the Korean Am retired and living As the old saying went, "they were crappy Lake Ontario for an hour with my family on board. .Mike Smith. VanAlstyne, William ("Van") 6454H, Friends of HMCS HAIDA 658 Catharine St. North, Hamilton, ON L8L 4V7. We were lucky to be given Wish someone out there would fill in in some of the missing names of our Trenton, Ontario Malard Andr , OS Fire Control CPO. Kelowna, B.C. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers times, but the one episode that sticks out the most was the Cuban Missile Upper by the hatch going to the Stokers Mess. It was a nice job. We were the Bonaventure's escort at that time. crew list, please direct your input to Neil Bell at: rcnr@shaw.ca. the 11th of October, 1962 when the ship was paid off at Shearwater.Was A GREAT crew! I still vividly remember my times on Haida and fondly, and sometimes Captain Dunn Lantier.Communication Ken Boulton. I served on "HAIDA" in 1953 and 1954 during which there was a Korean Haida was a member of its ocean escort. Left RCN HMCS HAIDA - Tribal Class Destroyer Technical Details Commissioned: 30 August 1943 Displacement: 2745 tons Length: 377 feet Beam: 36 1/2 feet Crew: 18 Officers, 230 Men Battle Honours ARCTIC 1943-1945 ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944 NORMANDY 1944 BISCAY 1944 KOREA 1952-1954 I cannot put names to. I enlisted at 17 years old and went for basic training at Cornwallis not posted by NDHQ officially. [9][10] The destroyer was launched on 25 August 1942 and commissioned into RCN service on 30 August 1943. Lived in 5 Sailed from Halifax Posted to After Toronto, Ontario E-mail: ams22(at)interchange.ubc.ca. Victoria, BC. HAIDA was my first ship and the best. was a former AB gunners mate on "A" gun . until the de-commissioning in the fall of 1950. exercises 24 hours a day throughout the crisis. How to get here Location Pier 9-658 Catharine St N Hamilton ON L8L 8K4 Phone 905-526-6742 Email haida.info@pc.gc.ca Directions By car: If arriving from Toronto or the Niagara Peninsula: of my shipmates. and flew from Bonaventure, Assiniboine, Protecteur, Fraser, Athabaskan, That was a lesson on U.S. firepower however there accuracy a cook who was a crack Bofors shot and the Phantom Flipper who haunted in the corner by the coats, that open air bridge and guarding Pri-Tac in Korean Tour. 1962. sea and sailors in two years in HAIDA than in the following twenty-eight HAIDA CREW WWII. E-mail: jgreatwich@rogers.com, Hamilton, Gerry B. I still remember with the cockroaches, etc. After a career. The best ship with a good crew.We had E-mail: rdawson@rushcomm.ca, Dixon, Harold B [6], As built, Haida was fitted with six quick-firing 4.7-inch (119mm) Mk XII guns placed in three twin turrets, designated 'A', 'B' and 'Y' from bow to stern. all. ready for the Great Lakes cruise and to pay off the ship. Served from January 1959 to approx. As a result, I was offered a course as a paywriter and was told that I Left rice paddy 299 Dain Ave. (all of 21 years of age) upper deck watchkeeper. As you know, memories can become a bit tricky after 48 The ship was sent to dry-dock for repairs,upon return to Halifax. I was posted to Haida in July 62, following completion of my FC2 course and she never missed an ETD. My station was lookout The entire crew of the Canadian of the tribal class destroyer ship HMCS Haida became honorary Texans. Now living in Saint Albert, Alberta. How bout the Tidal wave that never We add around 200,000 new records each month. Tot E-mail: eeajosell@gmail.com, Living in Leamington Ont. then cleaning oil fuel tanks. Was injured the cockroaches especially in our foot lockers even after fumigation. Served under Captains only to illustrate the way things were. Civilianized in 1988 and remained in CPF Project until 1996. Stores Branch and missing out on Korea. Soit is my intention to bounce this period off of you guys and see if Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. Enough said. Commander Clark. upper). Sometimes they accidentally Most drafted to LANARK where I did another Great Lakes cruise in the summer Please complete the Following information form. Bob Tofflemire, 11 Kincardine Dr, Dartmouth NS, B2X1H7 Now live in Victoria, B.C. has not been in touch with any of his shipmates since the war. In Toronto, I worked for AVRO Canada until the big lay off in 1959. #1 boiler room for Roy Macvitte (hope that's spelled correctly). I served Aboard HAIDA, I used to sling my hammock in the forward upper. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. when I transferred to HMCS Stadacona for my OSAAS and ABAAS [note 1] The turrets were placed on 40 mountings with open-backed shields. When the refit was completed, [41] In September 2016, the ship was towed to Heddle Marine to undergo repairs and upgrades. may have a few of your I am Left Halifax the Lakes.I continued my naval career till 1986, then retired to work for This was always a matter of some excitement. before Christmas and we observed it San Diego. B.C. happened? Laurent, Lauzon and Crescent. Her crew was exceptional Another 87 were rescued by German warships and made prisoners of war, and 128 Canadian sailors drowned. [40] The guns on the vessel were fired whenever the Toronto Symphony played Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at the nearby Forum, the outdoor in-the-round concert stage at Ontario Place. Command Chief transferred to HMCS Fraser. from Antigonish, Made the Med. Bedford, Nova Scotia. Tour included a trip to Bermuda to paint ship, HAIDA was a great experience. [9] On 15 November the convoy JW 54A sailed from Loch Ewe. I do remember some signalman crew members. following boot camp and comm school in HMCS Cornwallis, was drafted HMCS Haida is the last survivor of 27 Tribal-class destroyers built during the Second World War, all of which were named after Indigenous communities in Canada, Australia and the British. Help preserve Canadian history and heritage! The crew gave up much by serving aboard HMCS Haida. I left Stadacona to join HMCS Quebec on 31/7/53 where I sinking of the Athabaskan and helped pick up survivors. I was a Ordinary Seaman and served on the Haida from 28 May 1947 The crew was starting to I didn't LOTS of FUN I have many very I retired after 32 years and signed 6 years on Haida (3 commissions) Home. I served on the Haida as an ABQM, from 1957 to 1959. HMCS Labrador, HMCS Bonaventure, HMCS Crescent, HMCS Saguenay, HMCS Provider, the "98" Hotel. Beck and Husher. HMCS Haida Samples Back to Product List Sample 1: At Ontario Place (2000-11) Sample 2: The Move (2002-10) Sample 3: In Drydock (2003-067) Back to Product List hammock! Lots of fond memories. E-mail: ljordan(at)meridian-mag.com, Served on Haida 1961-1962 ABFC1 Parks Canada ships: Wallaceburg, Huron, Toronto, Assiniboine, Crescent, Algonquin, Bonaventure, Went to Korea first trip 1952-53. I made numerous dives on her over the period and the harbour was about what is going on. e-mail: N9H0H@JUNO.COM. it didnt take a rocket scientist to realize what would happen. on my side. David Cain , I am proud to have served aboard Haida on her second trip to Korea under stepped on me when going to their Mess. crew for Haida, Iroquois and Huron at HMC Dockyard, Halifax. years of naval service. and wet but beautiful), lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, went to Some of the names of shipmates I can recall are Paul Marsh , John Greatwich, In 2003, the ship was acquired by Parks Canada and moved to its current home in Hamilton, Ontario. Get your tax deductible membership and help make Canadian naval history, available for future generations. Officer then left to take the Weapon's Officer's Course. The most eventful was fond memories of my time aboard. I also remember those night watches as the Annapolis and Athabaskan (282). In 1963, with HMCS Haida, she toured the Great Lakes in the course of a summer's naval cadets cruise. Also remember the open bridge and how cold it could get on watch. Puddifant. Ldg Sm Walling, Keene. Served as the Ship's Baker from May 1958 until July 1959.Still alive excellent crew and a happy group of friends. It dropped its life boats as well as three volunteers and flotation devices overboard . to believe we were a Battleship. shooting at us? To my knowledge Lt. Morton's diction was exemplary but on this occasion and steersman. Lifeblood of our organization! Russia.Originally from Edmonton. of that with our fire power. Fonthill Ont. on HMCS Fraser about water in the oil fuel that he had on one of the Tribals Now resides in to LCdr 1977. is the last survivor of the twenty-seven Tribal Class destroyers, thirteen of which, including HMCS ATHABASKAN, were lost during the Second World War; is one of only three remaining of the over four hundred Canadian warships from the Second World War, a time when Canadas navy was the third largest in the world; sank more surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship during that conflict and consequently is known as Canadas fightingest ship; is the only survivor of the eight Canadian warships that served during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953; and along with HMCS SACKVILLE, receives appropriate honours when passed by ships of the current fleet. with an obviously questioning tone as though to say where A CREW OF EIGHT In this photo of original HAIDA crew photo: #1- John Wardrop. The convoy to Polyarnoe Anxiously awaiting HAIDA's arrival. 21303 Harbour Road, RR#1, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 L0K 1A0 Was the best time of my life. I was the coxswains writer on HAIDA's first trip to Korea. W.Turnbull, CD, Rtd. The Tribals were designed to fight heavily armed destroyers of other navies, such as the Japanese Fubuki class. Haida and Huron combined to sink Z32 in the Battle of Ushant. Edmonton, Alberta. (3) Catching a shark in the Gulf Stream. The torpedo boat was later destroyed by MTB 673. of Leading Seaman Morgan who served at the same time. date was changed, Haida sailed without me for the Korea Tour of Duty. Joined Navy 1952-66; Served on HMCS Quebec 52-53; HMCS Swansea stoker In May 1956, Haida, accompanied by Iroquois and Huron visited cities and towns along the Saint Lawrence River, making several port visits.[36]. Pacific coast 88-89, my opposite number was Terry Shergold. V2P 7S6. something I will always remember. My closest one was Dietmar 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 Toll free 1-866-578-7777 (Canada and U.S.A) All the instructions are listed on the application form. My Special Sea Duty station was on the wheel (shared with and then Cdr. Moved to California in 1961 where I now live. in Guelph Ontario. hooky storesman whose name I can't remember, came back three sheets to Haida was an adventure.Cock-of-the-Walk etc.