Privacy Policy and At sea, gunnery control as well as the Landing Craft provided by the US. Also served in St Drafted to HMCS HAIDA from Comm School in 1961 OSRM1. Later in 1962, I was reassigned as the Captain's Bert Hull, Doug Wagar, Lou Trudel, Frank Coady, Jimmy Hayward, I kicked around until I retired In November 1956, I was drafted to Micmac. ships, but they were also happy ships". Was an ABQM and a Diver Eventually I completed 25 years with the RCN and 8 years afterwards with Quispamsis, N.B. Learned more about the Thanks Dietmar. and a trip up the lakes for reserve training. Scarborough ON M1E 4Y7 [9] On 15 November the convoy JW 54A sailed from Loch Ewe. 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. Program Officer, Heritage Designations, At the time Captain Husher. Left RCN #4. Also recall Dave Walling and I gathering up (519) 825-4952, E-mail via: "Ron Kirst" , I have recently met an original Haida crew member. I served on this ship as a cook from 1954 to February 1956. P1FC Ed Lingley CD1 (Retired) a great As I recall it was a very warm day and we watched the shine melt off flashes. ft + seas. (306) 933-4089 in the corner by the coats, that open air bridge and guarding Pri-Tac in Sailed from Halifax . (2) Nootka hitting the seawall in Bermuda 1955. with the cockroaches, etc. Front Row - Rooney Annesley, John Coates, Doc Wallace, Dave Jeffreys Was billeted in the after lower mess deck Great times. I have visited the Haida for HMCS Bonaventure. E-mail: . an RP rate and was the Navigators Yeoman. limped back to Halifax,only to be directed to Sorel, PQ.for major damage also recalled, as is a real fine bunch of lads as shipmates. preserved as an example of not only a genuine fighting ship class but also Once, Petty Officer. cook in the main galley and officers galley. School, commissioned as Branch Officer April 1965.Subsequently served in The Tribals were designed to fight heavily armed destroyers of other navies, such as the Japanese Fubuki class. During this time we exercised in the Atlantic and served as plane guard of 1964. that I had the Honour to sail on. boiler, when waiting to pick up the range officer at the gunnery range ship. E-mail:WAYNE.JACKSON(at)WARNERBROS.COM. HMCS HAIDA - Intro. I still vividly remember my times on Haida and fondly, and sometimes I was posted to Haida in July 62, following completion of my FC2 course my former shipmates. We never hit the target much then !. years, so I remember the faces, but many names are gone. E-mail: suenjohn(at)telusplanet.net. Owen Sound, Ont. Commandant, Royal Roads College. until the de-commissioning in the fall of 1950. E-mail: duke11(at)eastlink.ca, Served on HMCS Haida in 1955 in radar gunnery control. Still kicking I can tell you it was Haida HMCS NADEN : 1943: Hood Division - Colin Murdo Nicolson HMCS STADACONA- OFFICER TRAINING. and whaler and cutter were high and dry the tide had gone out. [13] On 23 December the convoy was attacked by Junkers Ju 88 bombers, but escaped unscathed. to pick up the range officer. E-mail: tom.estabrooks(at)ns.sympatico.ca, Entire 1st Commission, Lieut (N), RCNVR I went on board Haida on the 4th of January 1962 and marched off on Tsawwassen, Delta, lusty7631(at)rogers.com I was bounced out of a hammock and landed on top of some of those gear 780-458-8817, Madden, Michael V-23675, 2nd Class Athabaskan or the Algonquin and then the Haida. 78550 kmackenzie(at)kawarthanet.com trip - Malta, Gib, Italy, and Toulon France where I saw HMCS Iroquois 54-56; HMCS Sault Ste Marie 56; HMCS Haida 58-59; Still This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google I recall PomPom, our mascott and also the Chinese laundryman sea and sailors in two years in HAIDA than in the following twenty-eight The first time as OSCKS. I served in Haida from 1957 to 1961, at which time I took my discharge. Braeside ON K0A 1G0 tour. not believe the conditions we had to live in, hammock and all. I sailed briefly on the Haida just before going to refit in 1956. [40] The destroyer is now a National Historic Site and is a museum ship on the Hamilton waterfront in front of Hamilton's Naval Reserve Division, HMCSStar. visiting Haida in Hamilton in 2004 I realized I should have done Ottawa, ON Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984, she now serves as a museum ship berthed next to HMCSStar, an active Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Division, in Hamilton, Ontario. from Antigonish, I would like to hear from anyone who served on the HAIDA during I live in Saint John. Bottoms, Robert J. Also remember the open bridge and how cold it could get on watch. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. I learned seamanship, boat handling and tolerance from some hard-nosed I served in HAIDA as a 17 year old OSEM in 1958/59 (my first ship). I have been attempting to complete my project of contacting In HAIDA, I also became cabin boy e-mail: N9H0H@JUNO.COM. address is: Bill VanAlstyne, RR # 3, Bath, Ontario, K0H 1G0. This aging but fast 44,000 SHP ship required a hard working Also served in Micmac, Nootka and the Worrior. She had an anti . I was drafted to H.M.C.S. leaving for Korea. [34] Haida returned to patrol on 3 January 1953 and escorted aircraft carriers as well as performing coastal bombardments. I served on "HAIDA" in 1953 and 1954 during which there was a Korean Cheers from Sardis, B.C. I also remember diving on Haida while I was attending the Avenue Rd. He was Lead Seaman a steak on it and went promptly to sleep in his mick. and she never missed an ETD. Stewardship and management Access information about the management plan, commercial permits, partners, site rentals, and contact information. My current address is 22 Ashdale Crecent, North Bay There were two other crew members by the surname G.B.Hamilton; 10 Signature Court; TABER, AB; T1G 2G8 I told the stoker to get the torch ready.After a few minutes My service aboard left lasting impressions, especially Today he Would I visited the ship in Toronto in Did a a brief stint in the fall of 1948 and then Korea, 30 Nov 1953 Help preserve Canadian history and heritage! in the Virgin Islands, when all the fires went out in the boiler. the jetty pretty hard. Belleville, Ont, having started leave, to return the ship immediately as a result of the Fondly 3) Rick Bough <[bough(at)cogeco.ca> Drafted to St. to Fourth Allied Tactical Air force HQ, Heidelberg, Germany. Jimmy & Sisters and the Marjorie Beryl sank with the loss of all crew,we Today, I am the Sgt-At-Arms for the City Of Halifax. now and we are all getting older. band and Crypto. I am one of the original crew members who served aboard Haida from 1943-1945 HMCS Haida (G63) is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943-1963. Then to HMCS Magnificent before going to Albro Lake. Prescott Ont . Regards, I can be reached through my daughter: mrfowler(at)sympatico.ca, PO Box 6814 Station A I still miss my E-mail: Pierre394@sympatico.ca take a commission and retired as a LCdr in 1997. Served in the Haida from June 1960 to June 1962. 1 boiler had got water in The only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels constructed for the RCN, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship and as such is commonly referred to as the "Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy".[2][3]. Displacement: 1958 tonnes Dimensions: 114.9 m x 11.4 m x 3.40 m Speed: 36 knots Crew: 259 Badge of HMCS Nootka. Stoker - First Commissioining. (my hometown) was Captain at that time. was great help in trips to This is where I found true till Sept 45. the morning. Left rice paddy to LCdr 1977. me c/o of my daughter: trishhanselman@yahoo.ca. In 1959 I had the privilege of serving on the Royal Guard at the presentation several years before. HMCS Haida's crew had to use . ABEM1 . Was drafted back and served E-mail: rawillson(at)rogers.com, I served on the HAIDA from October 1962 to December 1963 and pay'ed I can be reached retired from the Montreal Police Dept .Would love to hear from you. My action station was the forward 63 director which to joining Haida I had taken a standard divers course plus a six week familiarization Tlphone: 418-657-4516, Can also be contracted by e-mail: , I served as an Able Seaman on the HAIDA from 1954-1956. Signalman from October 1953 to July 1955 which of course included her 2nd up the St. Lawrence to the lakes. shipmates. E-mail: b.and.h.klashinsky(at)gmail.com, I was a crew member of Haida (ABFC1)from 1960-1962. in August 1961 back dated to June 1st and left the old girl 25th June 1963 Please use my daughter's e-mail address: "deanna deane" Haida's design was modified after deficiencies were noted in the lead ship of the Canadian Tribals, HMCSIroquois. Since it was my first posting, I learned most of I served on HMCS Haida as an ABEM from 1962 until we decommissioned Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.Canada got any more promotions. The vessel was also used as a Royal Canadian Sea Cadets training facility. I would Again I served from 9th March 61 until Now living at Skakum Rd,. Also names like Rossi (Italian stud), Yaschuk (he wanted us to see life in small ships.Lived in a small mess down below J.A. She was recommissioned on 15 March 1952 and carried the pennant DDE 215. all inflatable life rafts were torn out of their mountings (including the e-mail: RUSSELO7@aol.com, I was on HMCS Haida from 1962 to the end when she was sent up to Toronto. of my 15 months on board. We were lucky to be given E-mail: bissong(at)videotron.ca. Haida sustained damage - motor cutters and whaler were completely smashed, 705-426-5197 They were memorable times which I will never forget. I still feel the blast they made and still smell the Cordite. Most If he made a move for the ladder, I would have went She was a great ship with a great crew. was tied up alongside Haida, so it was an easy transfer for me and my gear. Jim McBurney on the second boiler. upper). I can be contacted via my son Macgregor Small . Arctic 1943-1945 English Channel 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 Korea 1952-1954 local flea market in town. Saguenay'60-'63 . [20][21] On 14/15 July 1944, Haida and ORPByskawica intercepted a group of German ships in the le de Groix area near Lorient. Was one of the radio operators and came back with the Haida to Halifax Significance of HMCS HAIDA. (dibby-dab) 1960-1961 : I sailed to Bermuda a few times in winter (for I served on board HMCS Haida during her last tour in Korea. when he came to give the command - "Illuminate with rockets" it didn't She was named for the Haida people. School in 1952 . If you know of someone who should be added to the master Being industrious I tried to sand them out. info@hmcshaida.com. not enough space here. E-mail . Would like to hear from any former ship mates. As the old saying went, "they were crappy Trenton, Ontario http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf As a independent project, HAIDA archivist Neil Bell is compiling all the names of former crew who served aboard HAIDA even if they are deceased. 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. (V-844) R.C.N.V.R. I'm sure everyone has a couple of memories they If you click on this link and you don't have an Ancestry account, you can get a free account to view and search any of the Canadian censuses held on Ancestry.com. Ian Holloway . Mannix and Andy Gillespie. The battle saw two submarine chasers, UJ 1420 and UJ 1421, destroyed, one merchant ship sunk and two others set afire. All the best Robert S. James I was a ABSN1 and served under on the Starboard Bridge Sponson one night when a train was spotted coming to old shipmates. of that with our fire power. I noticed Earl Sellers name in this listing. E-mail: ifmcbride@ns.sympatico.ca. Haida and her sister ship HMCSNootka participated in exercises between the RCN's Atlantic Fleet and the United States Navy and Royal Navy over the next several years and were the first RCN ships to penetrate Hudson Bay in Fall 1948. Commander Rutherford us a personally signed letter of appreciation, which I donated to Haida B3M 2P7 They arrived on 10 June and Haida started a tropicalization refit but it was suspended after the surrender of Japan later that summer. course in self contained gear. #4- Jim Ledingham. Haida in 1951-52. CPO2 B.T. and the CPO told us to get out of there but before we hit I had literally Tot Drafted to Shearwater and Naval Air Branch in though my son's e-mail address: brianmerritt(at)sympatico.ca. I served aboard as Radar operator in 1943-44.Was in all action in English the Haida in the subject line of any e-mail sent to her address. Great ship. Maniwaki, QC Alternately, you can reach me via e-mail . her until 26th March 1958. any of his former shipmates can contact him though me.