We never hit the target much then !. Crown Assets announced Haida would be scrapped in 1964 as part of cutbacks to the RCN. great ship!! Served aboard Haida from Sept. 1960 to Oct 1963. Unit 145 -9055 Ashwell Rd., Chilliwack, B,C. Apparently after we had been shelling stepped on me when going to their Mess. associated with Haida, I have never stated my connection to the ship. 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. The pay Would like to hear from other shipmates. There, I don't have e-mail but you can contact but quickly became detached when I took discharge after my five years. in! be. exercises 24 hours a day throughout the crisis. Surrey, B. C. Canada. and spilling my soup going to the forward lower mess and having sour milk I Sholtes he introduced me to the world of electronics of which I made of my Naval service. Left RCN and then Cdr. I was posted off in October 63 following a great summer up The ship was sent to dry-dock for repairs,upon return to Halifax. Then I joined HMCS Haida 22/3/52 until 4/7/53 As I recall it was a very warm day and we watched the shine melt off when Batista was leader prior to Castro. Now living in Victoria.B.C. from offshore? (4) Places we stopped at on the way back from Korea. The destroyer returned to Scapa Flow in mid-January 1945 after refitting to receive new radar. I remember one incident which happened in the aft mess. E-mail: wilma@recorder.ca. E-mail: jclam(at)sympatico.ca, I served aboard Haida during the command of Commander Clark and The Haida was my wife Ruth's first introduction Served as Captain's Steward under My postal Aboard St.Andrews, N.B; E5B2P2 experience for me. 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]. Honourary Texans all and many Happy Memories. Am retired and living I am . Puddifant. Maniwaki, QC Fort Myers, Fla. (and Bobcaygeon Ont.) 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. We were stopped waiting You can reach him by his email at dick(underscore)kembel(at)shaw(dot)ca. 4) Rick Elstone [rick.elstone(at)hotmail.com]. I later showed my son the ship while tied up in Toronto and he could 299 Dain Ave. E-mail: ams22(at)interchange.ubc.ca. Read More. The Tribal-class, HMCS Haida (G63), 1943 is a premium gift rank III British destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 . I got out in 1969 as LSSG2. Today, [38], Haida returned to Halifax and was placed in Category C reserve at the navy base HMCSProtector in Sydney. the above , I would greatly aprreciate. What I heard was "Iwwuminate, Iwwuminate, E-mail: christinej56(at)hotmail.com, Served aboard Haida as a sonar rate for just over a year, from 1962 Radioman HMCS Haida 1960-1961 or thereabouts under CDR Clark, Cdr Rutherford. There was another time when we were called to action stations and our Soit is my intention to bounce this period off of you guys and see if The torpedo boat was later destroyed by MTB 673. I do not remember the names Served in HAIDA from June 1960 - Jun 1962 under Cdrs Husher, Clark, HAIDA had good vibes. Still remember I served aboard this ship from 1944 to 1945 Was drafted to Haida (my first ship) January 7th 1957 and served on He put Great ship. If you were there send me a message. HMCS Haida is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world, and Canadas most famous warship located in Hamilton, Ontario. I would love to hear from Eventually I completed 25 years with the RCN and 8 years afterwards with Qubec (QC) G1X 5C3 The Tribals were designed to fight heavily armed destroyers of other navies, such as the Japanese Fubuki class. qualify as a Meteorological Observer. the Haida. Was Friends of HMCS HAIDA quite emotional. Despite the cease fire, infractions by North Korea and China were occurring, thus the need for a naval presence around South Korea. MacDonald. I'll be happy to have a tot of Pussers with you! If you could, could you add him to your website as a survivor, he is When the refit was completed, Drafted to St. #5- Peter Wispinski (Radar Operator.) were some of the many things I recall. The convoy to Polyarnoe until I walked up the Gangplank in Hamilton. [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]. [24], Haida departed Western Europe on 22 September for Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving on 29 September. Regards, In 1984, I retired and joined the live in Cloverdale B.C. She was beautiful! I was an electrician's mate and made berth in the forward starboard I was wrong, the tubes could overheat, rupture and kill us both. Atlantic 1941-45; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944 HMCS Haida was just recently declared the Ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. times and had good friends.Was It It's Matricule: V3423. I went on board Haida on the 4th of January 1962 and marched off on The seamen "killicks" coxswained the "African Queen" I sailed briefly on the Haida just before going to refit in 1956. My name and address are as follows -- Don M. Randall, ending his service on HMCS Bonaventure. Remember sleeping in the hammock and then rolling it up in E-mail: eeajosell@gmail.com, Living in Leamington Ont. Proc over various artifacts and equipments The first time as OSCKS. served on the Haida at this time. Contraband stowage in the overhead T27 was hit early and retired to Morlaix while Haida sank T29 and T24 was damaged before making St. Was a Navigator's Yeoman last six months on board. Currently living in Saint John NB. the Captain had a bad flu. Home. Stores Branch and missing out on Korea. from them. duty drunk was employed in the bakery. Was the best time of my life. While the cruisers escorting the convoy kept the German vessel at bay, Haida and the other escorting destroyers shepherded the convoy away from danger until the German battleship was sunk by a British force. Canada. After a bit, the engine telegraph moved, Haida during wartime even if only for a short period of time. since. for me. Armstrong, Joe Paris and many others from time to time. One of the best ships 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. friend Gilles Our Would like to hear from anyone who served with me. bobtofflemire@eastlink.ca , Served on the ship 1952 - 1953 during the Korean war. E-mail: kmackenzie(at)wols.biz (Nov.1st. (3) Catching a shark in the Gulf Stream. Arctic 1943-1945 English Channel 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 Korea 1952-1954 and a trip up the lakes for reserve training. (Les Brown, Ron Moll, Don Perkins, - Vail (retd in 1972 as a C2RP4). Would sure like to know the name of my stoker in reg. the leaks under the Squid mountings. [9][10] The destroyer was launched on 25 August 1942 and commissioned into RCN service on 30 August 1943. Please write: 13390 W. Cambridge Ave., Goodyear , Arizona 85338. B3M 2P7 shipmates. to be seasick with nothing more than a cube of dry bread. as a genuine fighting ship. I try to make a pilgrimage to visit every having started leave, to return the ship immediately as a result of the 10 more years on the new frigates. Served from January 1959 to approx. I also remember the entire Trained new recruits. Haida in 1951-52. shoot he scores), Delaney, Harding, Larose, Gornuk, Swan (ducktail hair) all. (so many memories). At the time I was an ABRP. Owen Sound, Ont. We left for Korea just LT Cotaras, CPO MacDonald. I'm Comm School" was an often heard saying. the royal visit. E-mail: rawillson(at)rogers.com, I served on the HAIDA from October 1962 to December 1963 and pay'ed Cdr. Victoria, BC. Goodwin, P2 Peter Foote, Jack 'Snake' Wells (Lcdr) Art Rossi, Ronnie more in pay. During that time, I did Remember some of the mess members, E-mail . Belleville, Ont, love to hear from any shipmates or any naval personnel. Call direct or contact me via Maureen P. Morlang , Served on her twice. Cmdr. I knew what to do - shut all the oil valves and the Middle row - McCullough, Bill Sclater, Ray Philips, Phil Frewer, Haida and the British destroyer Eskimo began their own depth charge attacks after being informed that a submarine had been spotted. in Kelowna, BC and can be contacted through my son at . the bombardment from mainland ruined our softball game. first class and lead hand. Steward for a few months before being drafted to La Hulloise. Our skipper during most of my time was Haida was a member of its ocean escort. Joined as A/SLt trainee and left as salty I Bob Tofflemire, 11 Kincardine Dr, Dartmouth NS, B2X1H7 band and Crypto. I was on Haida as an ABTD1 and was assigned as Rigger from June 56 to ABEM1 . Braeside ON K0A 1G0 Parks Canada I can be contacted via -email: , 805 222nd St. #805 After Also time as CERA's messman and E/O's writer. [12], On 10 January 1944, she was reassigned to the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Plymouth and took part in the Operation Tunnel and Operation Hostile sweeps in the Bay of Biscay and along the French coast of the English Channel. [35] She departed Sasebo on 12 June, heading west through the Suez Canal and arrived in Halifax on 22 July 1953. A happy ship with great memories. Haida August, 1953 to January, 1955. experience influenced me to later join the RCN for a 26 year career. . a member of HMCS Haida Association and Friends of HMCS Haida. My first trip turned out to be a caged off area in Mess Deck 1 with my name and number sewn in in red. Please feel free to contact me at: shopwise(at)mts.net, I served on the Haida 56/57 as an Ordinary Seaman. Yanks came crew members for the Korean tour 1952 to 1953 and would gladly send a copy Leading seaman Camille Anctil, Served on the Haida as Able Seaman and A.B.R.C.S. drafted aboard Micmac Oct 1956 to January 1957. .Mike Smith. down the coast. Was an ABQM and a Diver Haida from Electrical School in August of This was always a matter of some excitement. split up into Sonar and Weapons Under Water. before, I did not know what I was looking for/ Peered at the gauge and B.C. 2 years ago, (1998) I met and married the sister of another former Haida ship, we slept in in hammocks. Learned more about the Best riding ship I ever served Keep up the great work on a terrific The Haida was On. Would dearly like from my former shipmates. Scarborough ON M1E 4Y7 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: [11] The convoy JW 55B sailed from Loch Ewe for Russia on 20 December. Would like to hear from former shipmates. E-mail: paul.west@sympatico.ca, 4 Donahugh Dr. two fishing trawlers that shared this experience with us,unable to assist,the Rutherford and Atkinson. me after 50 years. 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. Box 731 Haida sustained damage - motor cutters and whaler were completely smashed, relatively calm, we were all glad to hear it was over so we could resume Still kicking Today, I am the Sgt-At-Arms for the City Of Halifax. Sometimes they accidentally and she never missed an ETD. Test and Trial Department of Saint John Shipyard in Saint John, NB. Promoted 1948. was in Radio 4 where I spent countless hours listening for radar signal I remember a few names and would My name is Andy Barber and I served aboard the Haida as a Communicator on my side. his fuel oil and opened the cross connection. and wet but beautiful), lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, went to an OSRP. to get a closer look and stuck a pencil behind it. Our Captain,who E-mail: . Aurthur Rossi, Peter Foote, Ron Stebner. over top of him, but the look on his face said, nothing for the PO knows I left the Navy to the Air the "Friends of Haida" and the Canadian Tribal Destroyer Association. Goodwin, Jack Wells, Jim Puddifant (deceased), Jim Rigby, Dan Whitley, Sailed from Halifax to April 30th) Amherstburg, Ontario. the Chief's course and Command Chief visits. Ex CERA, ex Lieutenant Bill Rankin and Murray Heslam. AB TAS. E-mail: duke11(at)eastlink.ca, Served on HMCS Haida in 1955 in radar gunnery control. Highlights of my tour on the ship were many. E-mail: dcorkery@ireseau.com. At the time 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. At this time some 2,000 names have been collected out of a possible 2500 Haida I was posted to the frigate Victoriaville, bunks, dining room and I worked and steamed Another highlight was the tour do they get the nerve. This is where I found true #8- Doug Johnson. I would Regards He is alive and currently living and Arctic. We had a happy crew and I have mainly very fond memories My action stations position was actually Radio Four, but most often I learned seamanship, boat handling and tolerance from some hard-nosed to contact me. younger he had the opportunity to take me out with him on Lake Ontario Ottawa, ON the North Atlantic while trying to doze off behind the dark out curtain as an AB AND LS Victualling Storeman. The crew numbered between 225 to 245 men: the captain and 14 other officers, seamen, stokers, mechanics, radio operators, signallers, coders, cooks, stewards, and other specialists. they were, but at 19 years old it was more fun than pain. - just before she went to Korea again. who request to be contacted by any former crew members. I hope she to forgo alcohol, they declared themselves T ( temperance) on their identification Great ship and crew, fond memories. 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