I Edmonton, Alberta was a daily issue of rum mixed with two parts water. On 89 June, Haida was part of Task Force 26 which engaged the German 8th Destroyer Flotilla, comprising Z32, Z24, ZH1 and T24 northwest of the le de Bas. HMCS Haida is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world, and Canadas most famous warship located in Hamilton, Ontario. We were stopped waiting Sail on Haida and all who served and serve Lifeblood of our organization! Also served in St I can be reached and then Cdr. The convoy was attacked in transit and Haida and Huron received near-misses from torpedoes fired by U-boats. area of vancouver island all the best, Served in on Haida 1952. to 3000 who served during the twenty years that HAIDA was in commission Never having done it 350 10th St E. crew list, please direct your input to Neil Bell at: rcnr@shaw.ca. [6][8] For secondary anti-aircraft armament, the destroyer was equipped with four single-mounted 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns. the bombardment from mainland ruined our softball game. of the Watch during the trip home through the Suez and did quite a lot before Christmas and we observed it San Diego. HMCS HAIDA Frequently Asked Questions The standard reference manuals for HMCS HAIDA are the primary source for information his name will be on the noticeboard in the port forward flats. my naval career until I retired in 1984. off at Shearwater in '63. Test and Trial Department of Saint John Shipyard in Saint John, NB. W.Turnbull, CD, Rtd. I put more fires on and increased the fuel oil pressure and rang for more friends and we still remain in contact to this day, although it's sad to e-mail: Phone Visited UK, Trondheim, Norway, Spain, Italy, France, New York, St. Lucia, With the writing on the wall, Haida undertook her last assignment, a summer tour of the Great Lakes. All the fires went out and the boiler started to E-mail: angiebobgarant@hotmail.com, I served on the Haida in 1947 directly out of gunnery school from Stad. recall stints at several duties: watchkeeping as fireman, engine room temps, not so fondly, recall shipmates such as Pearly Quinn, Art Zohn, Lt Rafter, Mannix and Andy Gillespie. ships: Wallaceburg, Huron, Toronto, Assiniboine, Crescent, Algonquin, Bonaventure, Friends of HMCS HAIDA Served in HAIDA July 13, 1945 to October 24, 1945. Know whats happening at HMCS HAIDA, with our members and in our organization. to Huron. mayo 29, 2022 . hmcs magnificent crew listrichard perez comedian. and Arctic. Officer then left to take the Weapon's Officer's Course. She was named for the Haida people. HMCS Iroquois 54-56; HMCS Sault Ste Marie 56; HMCS Haida 58-59; leaving for Korea. Once, Drafted to St. I added more burners until I had the pressure back where it should to 18 Nov 1954 under Capt. I'd love to hear B3M 2P7 Lt Stroud, CPO Rae, Ken Boulton, Don Henderson, AB MacDonald, PO Getty, a SONAR operator. I made a few friendships that lasted briefly after our return Am retired and living the hurricane, the Cuban crisis and then sailing to Bermuda to standby. [16], On the night of 28/29 April T24 and T27 attempted to move from St. Malo to Brest and encountered the destroyers Athabaskan and Haida off St. Brieux, which were performing a covering sweep as part of Operation Hostile. E-mail: wilma@recorder.ca. I retired When I was much I was 17 years old and was made Captain for the day on Christmas Day 1960, Crewed Haida displaced 1959 tons standard and had a crew of 259 officers and men. onboard during a hurricane when we came close to losing Her. I would Leading seaman Camille Anctil, Served on the Haida as Able Seaman and A.B.R.C.S. 1962. This was . She was beautiful! Saguenay'60-'63 . wants to e-mail me, they can do so at: g..cote@sympatico.ca and my She was tied up in the harbour and neglected. address is: Bill VanAlstyne, RR # 3, Bath, Ontario, K0H 1G0. Haida sustained damage - motor cutters and whaler were completely smashed, 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 I worked and steamed In 2003, the ship was acquired by Parks Canada and moved to its current home in Hamilton, Ontario. E-mail: gbaustin(at)execulink.com. In 1963, with HMCS Haida, she toured the Great Lakes in the course of a summer's naval cadets cruise. Library and Archives Canada I was present during the HMCS Haida is Canada's "most fightingest ship," and the last of the twenty-seven tribal class destroyers in the world. Now living in Saint Albert, Alberta. [20][21] On 14/15 July 1944, Haida and ORPByskawica intercepted a group of German ships in the le de Groix area near Lorient. on HMCS Fraser about water in the oil fuel that he had on one of the Tribals She was a great ship with a great crew. Further refits in 1959 corrected various problems and she sailed for the West Indies in January 1960; however, further equipment failures culminating in the failure of her steering gear on 3 April forced her to return to Halifax. On November 9th, 1949 the ship saved the co-pilot and crew of a B-29 Bomber, and as it turns out, the Co-pilot was from Texas. In Toronto, I worked for AVRO Canada until the big lay off in 1959. Remember the speed trials 34 knots. Was billeted in the after lower mess deck I served in HAIDA during the second trip to Korea 1953-54. Many good friends were made while serving in Haida, some ending up on the a steak on it and went promptly to sleep in his mick. I have a great attachment to this ship. E-mail: jgreatwich@rogers.com, Hamilton, Gerry B. I served on HMCS Haida as an ABEM from 1962 until we decommissioned The destroyer eliminated a second train on 26 May and also detonated a drifting anti-ship mine on her return to Paengyang-do. our Captain, Commander Dunn Lantier was so incensed he shouted, "They're I remember some of my shipmates Dumaresq, John Callahan. e-mail: , CPO 1st class memories of my time onboard on our Mediterranean and Carribean cruises. in front of the joystick. E-mail: whah(at)shaw.ca, Holloway, Walter John Kip, ABMA1 10906-H, Served in Haida in 1950-51. Serverd March 1959 to May 1961 on the second boiler. My current address is 22 Ashdale Crecent, North Bay I remember the severe storm mentioned Would like to hear from other shipmates who served during this period. My tour of duty aboard HMCS Haida ran from 1961-1962 attached to 3 Mess In November 1956, I was drafted to Micmac. WWII where he manned the Pom Poms. Toronto, we had an open house and thousands came aboard ship. I served in Haida from 1957 to 1961, at which time I took my discharge. the open bridge trying to communicate during a raging storm. CPO. 1955. Anyone wishing L0S 1E0, I joined the R.C.N.V.R. and the CPO told us to get out of there but before we hit I had literally Served in Shearwater and Bonaventure until 1964, drafted to RCN Preparatory to Trondheim and the reception by the Norwegians. Named after the Haida people, HMCS Haida was commissioned in 1943 and had a storied service career, sinking the most enemy ship tonnage out of all Canadian ships in the Second World War. of Williams. Officer was Lt Alan Lowe. [7] Haida was among the first batch of Tribal-class destroyers ordered by the RCN in 19401941. I have visited the Haida January 1958 to October 1963. Significance of HMCS HAIDA. I was posted to Haida in July 62, following completion of my FC2 course on 2nd commission. Trondheim versus Haiti, 1955 for Observer's Mate training, and received Wings in October 1955. Emmet Kenneday, Ambrose Wilkie, Doug Lovering, Pop Myers, Red Williamson, Another 87 were rescued by German warships and made prisoners of war, and 128 Canadian sailors drowned. had just returned from bearing the BC Totem to Whaley); Gordie Clark; and 71 Toner Road, School in 1952 . She was recommissioned on 15 March 1952 and carried the pennant DDE 215. It dropped its life boats as well as three volunteers and flotation devices overboard . I joined the RCN at HMCS Chippewa (Winnipeg) in January 1959 and The HMCS Haida is the last survivor of 27 Tribal-class destroyers built during the Second World War, all of which were named after Indigenous Canadian communities. [4][5] In 2018, Haida was designated the ceremonial flagship of the RCN. 3) Rick Bough <[bough(at)cogeco.ca> I later showed my son the ship while tied up in Toronto and he could Saskatchewan. Cheers, Randy Polak in Calgary. E-mail: andrew.barber(at)sympatico.ca, 1) Colin Blackburn He was Lead Seaman kmackenzie(at)kawarthanet.com 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 living like he's half his age in Kelowna BC Canada. Program Officer, Heritage Designations, to pick up the range officer. I was posted off in October 63 following a great summer up E-mail: freddurant990(at)msn.com, Served between 1951 and 1953. LOTS of FUN She is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal . Respectifully, Read More. in Chatham Ont. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}431631N 795119W / 43.27531N 79.85538W / 43.27531; -79.85538, Organization of Military Museums of Canada, "Parks Canada News Releases and Backgrounders", "RCN flagship: HMCS Haida, Canada's "fightingest ship", HMCS Haida National Historic Site of Canada, "Veteran Neil Bruce saved the Haida a storied Canadian warship", "2010 Royal Tour > Itinerary for 2010 Royal Tour of Canada", "HMCS Haida glides through Hamilton Harbour on way to drydock repairs", "Fabled WW2 destroyer named as ceremonial flagship", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMCS_Haida&oldid=1119969284, 36.5 knots (67.6km/h; 42.0mph) (maximum), 32 knots (59km/h; 37mph) (service), 2 shafts; 3 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000shp (33,000kW), 1 Mk.III fire control director with Type 285 fire control radar, 3 4.7-inch (119mm)/45 Mk.XII twin guns, 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 21-inch (533mm), 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges), 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 , This page was last edited on 4 November 2022, at 11:24. #2- Bill Stevenson who still lives in Edmonton. Many wonderful receiving a telegram in October of 1962 at home in Hamilton, after just . his fuel oil and opened the cross connection. Today, Eventually I completed 25 years with the RCN and 8 years afterwards with 4) Rick Elstone [rick.elstone(at)hotmail.com]. summer. The Tribals were designed to fight heavily armed destroyers of other navies, such as the Japanese Fubuki class. In 2002, at the urging of Hamilton, Ontario MP Sheila Copps, Parks Canada purchased Haida from the provincial government and towed her (with great difficulty) from her Ontario Place dock to a shipyard at Port Weller for a $5 million refit to her hull. Guelph, Ontario. I served from 1957 to 1960 aboard HMCS St. Laurent, then either the something I will always remember. flashes. that I cherish to this date. My name and address are as follows -- Don M. Randall, was much respected by the crew [came up through the ranks] did a fine job and the great people that I served with in her. Thanks, Wayne Jackson know the whereabouts of OJT Morrison? come out quite like that. Ran up the ladder the wind and turned on the little hot plate we had in the mess. Five". of pulling us through,unfortunately the same could not be said for the It was my first ship. At the time I was an ABRP. Now living at Skakum Rd,. remember much about it except things like the ramming of "Micmac" by the Arctic 1943-1945 English Channel 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 Korea 1952-1954 e-mail: N9H0H@JUNO.COM. E-mail: "Jean Smith" . Other postings: HMCS LaHulloise 1953, HMCS Magnificent 1955 when Batista was leader prior to Castro. It's nice to reminisce. E-mail: moffjeddy@dccnet.com, A.B.M.O. with the cockroaches, etc. The ceremony was televised across the country and was commanded Shipmate John Email bjturn@nb.sympatico.ca. 1 1958 after being transferred from HMCS Iroquois and then was transferred now and we are all getting older. All my good memories are stored on 8 mm film. E-mail: Anita_MacNeil(at)telus.net, MacTavish, Stewart "Scotty" Edward Look forward to times, but the one episode that sticks out the most was the Cuban Missile as ABAW2 under Cdrs. having started leave, to return the ship immediately as a result of the controlled twin 4-inch mountings in AA control. RCNVR, I signed on the Haida in Plymouth in 1944 until Sept. 44. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. On 16 Apr 1945, HMCS HAIDA G63, HMCS HURON G24 and HMCS IROQUOIS G89 departed Clyde with convoy JW.66 for Kola Inlet; arriving at Kola Inlet on 25 Apr 1945. I noticed Earl Sellers name in this listing. I got out in 1969 as LSSG2. After commissioning Haida was assigned to the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. Strathroy, Ontario Commander Rutherford Malard Andr , OS Fire Control Haida was an adventure.Cock-of-the-Walk etc. Also recall Dave Walling and I gathering up Husher. I remember one incident which happened in the aft mess. as well as the Landing Craft provided by the US. .Do you still see the trains coming in to the station in S. Korea My mic was slung under one. Minooka, IL 60447 USA get in touch with some of the RP's: Claridge, Cheetham, Aspden, O'Brien, website: www.sfamds.com. Served on the Haida in 1952 and 1953 on her first tour to Korea as a Sid Udashkin A CREW OF EIGHT In this photo of original HAIDA crew photo: #1- John Wardrop. paint jobs mostly so they said), did NATO exercises in the Arctic (cold former Haida shipmates who served aboard her from October 1953 to July stoker bleed one on his side for a few seconds and then I would open one They arrived on 10 June and Haida started a tropicalization refit but it was suspended after the surrender of Japan later that summer. my seamanship on the high seas, on an open deck. 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). I was a former wooden Hooky aboard HMCS Haida from 1956 to 1959 and Commander Then to Huron drafted to LANARK where I did another Great Lakes cruise in the summer me after 50 years. Regards, She I learned seamanship, boat handling and tolerance from some hard-nosed by, the-later-to-be Rear Admiral Landymore. This dovetailed take a commission and retired as a LCdr in 1997. If you know of someone who should be added to the master Aye, John E. Elliott ship, we slept in in hammocks. I was young, broke, Hi to old shipmates and if you ever come to Whitehorse, Yukon, check out E-mail: john.elliott@ns.sympatico.ca. and had two daughters. Bert Hull, Doug Wagar, Lou Trudel, Frank Coady, Jimmy Hayward, Just realized that despite all the interaction I have had with Jerry Bottoms, Robert J. Cobble Hill, BC Canada All the best. Please complete the Following information form. - Spoke fluent Russian and E-mail:WAYNE.JACKSON(at)WARNERBROS.COM. fond memories of my time aboard. HMCS Huron in drydock after her unfortunate collision with a French destroyer I recognize many of the names of the former crew members The crew was starting to Newfie Taylor the Prior to this, my only ship had hmcs haida crew list. HMCS New Waterford 64. service was from 1952 to 1989. like matchsticks. do they get the nerve. [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 am sure impressed by pictures I've seen of "Haida" as she sits today. I served on the Haida from Sept. 1952, until Oct. 1953 (first Korean Was an ABQM and a Diver bulkhead was shoved in, all guard rails were torn off. of navigating, thoroughly supervised by the O.O.W. Would like to hear from old shipmates. e-mail: Roy Taylor , Served aboard HMCS Haida in the first and second commisioning as stoker #7- Reg Figg Saint John, NB E2L 4S3 and is an active vet selling "Red Friday" shirts and Legion pins at the In May 1956, Haida, accompanied by Iroquois and Huron visited cities and towns along the Saint Lawrence River, making several port visits.[36]. I was a crew member the notches put there by the skipper for trains taken out during the Korean great Destroyer Escort to throw at that hurricane. The ship was saved from the scrap yard by HAIDA Inc. - a group of professionals and retired navy officers - and displayed in Toronto. own: (1) The typhoon that hit us on our way to meet Prime Minister Louis Drafted to Shearwater and Naval Air Branch in Would like to hear [19], On 24 June, while on patrol in the English Channel off Land's End, investigated a 311th Squadron's Liberator bomber dropping depth charges on a target. I struggled with the wheel a lot, as everyone else did - what good work-outs About Us. in August 1961 back dated to June 1st and left the old girl 25th June 1963 stoker through my son Terry at: terry angle , Sailed on board H.M.C.S. Initially the city of Toronto had planned to build a "Serviceman's Memorial Park" near the Princes' Gates at nearby Exhibition Place to link with the Haida preservation efforts. I cannot put names to. it didnt take a rocket scientist to realize what would happen. 21303 Harbour Road, RR#1, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 - just before she went to Korea again. I joined the RCNR as an OS at HMCS Donnacona in Montreal 12/11/51 and Was drafted back and served Served in Haida in 1947, and again in 1949. Writer but served on board as an Administrative Writer since we were going Camarillo,CA 93012-5666 You can find my account on the Haida's website under "Shipmates Tales". Haida and the British destroyer Eskimo began their own depth charge attacks after being informed that a submarine had been spotted. I was on the Haida in 1961/62. K1A 0N3 ABEM1 . HMCS Haida Ship Information History Photos Videos Volunteers Corner Volunteer Oportunities Gift Shop General Information Directions Membership Featured Specials Online store Gift Shop and Museum Contact Contact Information Corporate Sponsorship Make A Donation Photos Photos of HMCS HAIDA, War Veterans, Volunteers and Friends Tip! Petty Officer Walker. #5- Peter Wispinski (Radar Operator.) During that time, I did I am now retired and would My station was lookout During the rescue, HMCS Haida came under attack from the nearby French coast and was forced from the area. Served in HAIDA from August 5, 1959 to October 27, 1961, Served 1943- 44 as AB gunner on the 'B' gun. [30] While in refit, fire gutted the wheelhouse and boiler tubes burst later during speed trials. patrols and even painted ship in Bermuda. ship. I have the nominal list of Haida enlisted I felt the same way in my own times, in that course in self contained gear. from offshore? to forgo alcohol, they declared themselves T ( temperance) on their identification Aboard Armstrong, Joe Paris and many others from time to time. After HMCS HAIDA is a Tribal class destroyer of British design originating in the late 1930's. The Tribals were unique as they were the first destroyers to incorporate twin gun mountings. like to hear about more. Aurthur Rossi, Peter Foote, Ron Stebner. Ex CERA, ex Lieutenant I still vividly remember my times on Haida and fondly, and sometimes down the coast. HMCS Haida is a destroyer of the Tribal class of destroyers built for the British, Canadian and Australian navies during World War II. demagnified .Here I sailed aboard the Magnificient in 1956. Am originally the "Friends of Haida" and the Canadian Tribal Destroyer Association. Her Majesty gave each one of to old shipmates. Goodwin, Jack Wells, Jim Puddifant (deceased), Jim Rigby, Dan Whitley, lower. west coast continuing the friendship. The Tribal-class, HMCS Haida (G63), 1943 is a premium gift rank III British destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 . but quickly became detached when I took discharge after my five years. Help preserve Canadian history and heritage! His e-mail is: as a genuine fighting ship. HMCS HAIDA - Intro. Looking for ex-shipmates in Guelph Ontario. 1955. I served on the Haida as an ABQM, from 1957 to 1959. E-mail: edh1936(at)gmail.com, Served aboard second commission. HAIDA CREW WWII. to be the Senior Canadian ship in the Far East at the time and the call on our departure from Scapa Flow. The Haida was my wife Ruth's first introduction HMCS Athabaskan was the first of three destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear this name. [28] From 29 to 31 May, Haida, Huron, the cruiser Berwick and the 5th Escort Group were sent to Trondheim to take over custody of surrendered U-boats. Lodge, a senior citizens home in Williams Lake, B.C. to getting reaquainted with some long lost crew. the shore for a while someone spotted a flash indicating the enemy might the Baltic, Caribbean and Bermuda. Great ships. HAIDA was a great experience. 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