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  HMCS Haida (G63) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMCS Haida (G63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship.
Haida was assigned to the 10th Destroyer Flotilla stationed at Plymouth in early 1944.
Haida was paid off in September 1963, and brought to Toronto and moored at the foot of York Street.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMCS_Haida_(G63)   (320 words)

  
 HMCS Haida (G63) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida (G-63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship.
Haida is the only surviving (Click link for more info and facts about Tribal-class) Tribal-class (A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) destroyer.
Haida was assigned to the 10th Destroyer Flotilla stationed at (A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620) Plymouth in early 1944.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hmcs_haida_(g63)4.htm   (323 words)

  
 HMCS Haida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida is the only surviving Tribal class destroyer.
HMCS Haida was paid off in September 1963.
HMCS Haida is part of the Canada Marine Discovery Centre, a National Historic Site of Canada.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hmcs_haida   (286 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMCS Haida of the Tribal class
HAIDA was launched on the 25th of August 1942 by Lady Laurie and was commissioned into the R.C.N. the 30th August 1943.
HAIDA was damaged in action with the German Elbing, T-29 on the 25/26th of April, but still pressed home her attack and shared the sinking of the same German ship.
HAIDA was back on station as \'wind chaser\' for two more carrier escort patrols on 3rd January 1953 and minor bombardments in the Haejuman area proved the worth of the Sperry HDWS radar with objects as small as men standing out on the low-tide mudflats.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4441.html   (2955 words)

  
 HMCS HAIDA News
HAIDA is only a few hundred yards away from the entrance to the Burlington Bay canal.
HAIDA is being positioned into her temporary berth at Pier 26 in Hamilton.
The tugs are completing the last of the manoeuvers to position HAIDA next to the jetty and her permanent home at HMCS Star.
www.hmcshaida.ca /phase3.html   (690 words)

  
 HMCS Haida Naval Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida is the last remaining Tribal Class destroyer built for the Royal Canadian Navy, The Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
After the war, the Haida went on to serve two tours of duty in the Korean War.In the early 1960s, Haida was purchased by private businessmen as a memorial to the men and women of the RCN and Canadian Merchant Navy.
Haida's main purpose is as a marine museum and a testament to the struggle and sacrifice of the Royal Canadian Navy.
www.toronto.com /profile/150516   (289 words)

  
 Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - HMCS Haida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida is the only survivor of the 27 Tribal class destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
Haida joined her sisters of the Tribal class as part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla out of Plymouth, England, in early 1944.
HMCS Haida is an exciting new attraction on the revitalized waterfront in Hamilton along with the new Canada Marine Discovery Centre.
www.hnsa.org /ships/haida.htm   (247 words)

  
 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMCS Haida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After a relief expedition to Spitsbergen, beginning in November 1943 Haida was detailed to the treacherous Murmansk convoy run, and she accompanied Convoy JW-55B, in pursuit of which the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was sunk on December 26.
Throughout the spring of 1944, she was active in the English Channel during operations preparatory to the D-day invasion.
In late September, Haida sailed for Canada where she underwent a three-month refit, but by March 1945 she was operating in support of air attacks on merchant shipping along the coast of Norway.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_042100_hmcshaida.htm   (394 words)

  
 HMCS Haida - Commanding Officers
It was during this period that he took command of HMCS Haida, as the flag vessel of the reserve fleet.
Although in the reserve fleet Haida, as I recall, had a substantial crew and was undergoing modernization and conversion to an Anti-Submarine escort with Squid mountings on her quarterdeck and improved ASDIC.
The Captain’s Cabin of HMCS Haida appeared to be a great place for the CO to receive visitors around noon on Saturdays: all good public relations, I am sure.
www.hmcshaida.ca /webber.html   (968 words)

  
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The Haida and her first commander was the most highly decorated ship and Admiral DeWolf was the most highly decorated Canadian naval officer in the Second World War.
The history of HMCS Haida is a vital chapter in the coming of age of Canada.
Thanks to you, the future of HMCS Haida is looking very good indeed, and thanks to you, the story of this great ship will now be a story known by all generations into the future.
www.candoo.com /ncot/coppsspeech.doc   (1357 words)

  
 ReadyAyeReady.com - The Government of Canada celebrates the official opening of the Canada Marine Discovery Centre and ...
Known to be "magnificent in appearance, majestic in movement and menacing in disposition", HMCS Haida is the last of the Tribal Class destroyers and is one of two Royal Canadian Navy warships that survived the Second World War.
Requiring a major overhaul, HMCS Haida was purchased by Parks Canada from the Province of Ontario in October 2002 and moved from her home in Toronto to St. Catharines, Ontario for restoration.
In cooperation with the Friends of HMCS Haida, a volunteer organization who have long supported the ship, HMCS Haida is now open to the public seven days a week from 11:00 a.m.
www.readyayeready.com /news-items/04-07-17-haida-park-opened.htm   (446 words)

  
 The Radio Restoration Aboard HMCS HAIDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida is one of 27 ships originally built by Britain and Canada, this ship is the last surviving example of her type.
Whenever Haida came into the St. Lawrence Seaway system, a temporary VHF set was fitted for purposes of communicating with other vessels within the Great Lakes.
On Haida, the sole purpose of this unit was to receive low frequency RATT signals and provide input to the frequency shift converter.
www.armyradio.com /PUBLISH/Articles/HMCS_Haida/Radio_Restoration_of_HMCS_HAIDA.htm   (2499 words)

  
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Toronto: Carmelina Bray posing with her son Shaun on HMCS Haida at Lakeshore exhibition ground.
In 2002, the ship was acquired by the federal agency Parks Canada along with a contribution of $5 million to undertake repairs to the hull and superstructure.
Haida will become a focal point of a new revitalized waterfront in Hamilton along with the new Canada Discovery Centre on Marine Heritage which is scheduled to open in September 2003.
www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/121219.html   (128 words)

  
 Parks Canada - HMCS Haida National Historic Site of Canada - Introduction
HMCS Haida, a Tribal Class destroyer built in England, was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943, serving in many theatres of operation through the Second World War.
HMCS Haida arrived at Pier 9 in Hamilton Harbour on August 30, 2003, the 60th anniversary of her commissioning.
Contact Friends of HMCS Haida if you wish to become a member, to donate to their work, or if you have memories to share about the Haida.
www.pc.gc.ca /lhn-nhs/on/haida/index_E.asp   (223 words)

  
 Shaun Posing With HMCS Haida Cadet., Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Toronto: HMCS Haida is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
Toronto: Charles Bray posing with Sister Josephine from Melbourne, Australia and wife Carmelina on “HMCS HAIDA” in which was paid off in September 1963, HMCS Haida has been berthed at Ontario Place on Toronto's waterfront for the last 33 years.
Toronto: Carmelina Bray posing with her son Shaun on the HMCS Haida, stationed in Ontario Place at Lakeshore.
www.mylivingtree.com /Charles?c=43073   (608 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: HMCS Haida (G63)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1970, when financial difficulties hit 'Haida Inc.', the Province took ownership and moved it to it's new home.
She was then put on display on at Ontario Place Toronto where it was opened to the public in 1971 as an attraction at the Government owned theme park.
It was on display until 2002 when ship was acquired by Parks Canada who undertook repairs to the hull and superstructure costing $5 million.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMCS-Haida-%28G63%29   (1356 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on HMCS Haida - Historic Ship at Epinions.com
She is HMCS Haida, a Tribal Class Destroyer.
The political cost of the repair was that Haida would be moved from Toronto to Hamilton as the centerpiece for a new lake front park there.
Haida's guns will, ever be used in anger again, but they still speak.
www.epinions.com /content_134375247492   (797 words)

  
 Canada NewsWire Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on August 30, 1943, HMCS Haida is Canada's most decorated warship, having served in many theatres of operation through the Second World War, the Korean War and the Cold War era.
Requiring a major overhaul, HMCS Haida was purchased by Parks Canada from the Province of Ontario in October 2002 and moved to the Port Weller Dry Dock facility in St. Catharines, Ontario.
HMCS Haida is now part of the family of national historic sites of Canada, of which 147 are owned and administered by Parks Canada.
www.newswire.ca /fgov/en/releases/archive/August2003/30/c6161.html   (585 words)

  
 Public Works and Government Services Canada - Doing business with Public Works and Government Services - Spring 2003
The HMCS HAIDA sailed through choppy waters with ease during her relocation from Ontario Place in Toronto across Lake Ontario to Port Weller.
Haida was commissioned for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943.
She was called "The 'Fightingest' Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy." Haida was decommissioned in 1963 and saved from the scrapyard by a group of dedicated individuals and war veterans.
www.pwgsc.gc.ca /db/text/archives/2003/spring2003/article004-e.html   (671 words)

  
 HMCS HAIDA - Intro
After her formal welcoming ceremony, HMCS HAIDA is being positioned for permanent berthing at HMCS Star Naval Reserve Unit.
She is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
Not only is the ship historically significant, but she is a cultural asset representing a life style, however transient, of more than a generation of Canadians who served in Canada's Navy between 1943 and 1963.
www.hmcshaida.ca   (234 words)

  
 PIER 72 - Dave Manning's Model Warship Workshop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMCS Haida at Harrington Park Lake on March 12th, 2005
A good friend of mine with his niece and nephew wanted to see my model warships and have a sail of them so we all went to my local lake about 10 minutes from home.
The captains on duty today (who transferred flags between HMS Mohawk, HMCS Trillium and HMCS Haida) are
www.pier72.com /haidaharringtonpark.htm   (95 words)

  
 Preservation Online: Today's News Archives
Canada’s most famous battleship, the HMCS Haida, will be restored and relocated to Hamilton, Ontario, 40 miles from its current port in Toronto.
Built in 1942, the Haida is one of only two surviving battleships from the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet of 400 ships that served in World War II.
Since 1998, the 400-member nonprofit Friends of HMCS Haida has worked to preserve and maintain the ship, which was declared a national historic site of Canada in 1984.
www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arc_news/122601.htm   (359 words)

  
 HMCS HAIDA - Tour Stop 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Prior to HAIDA'S first tour of duty in Korea, a 3" 50 gun was installed during the the conversion refit and occupies the space formerly held by the Twin Four mount or the 'X' mount of World War 2.
These guns fired a round which was 3 inches in diameter.
HAIDA joined in December 1952 when she scored a direct hit on the engine of a train.
hmcshaida.ca /3in50.html   (206 words)

  
 Pat Burstall About the Ships
HMCS Sackville has been preserved as a memorial to those who served in Canada's navy.
The Haida, now a National Historic Site, can be visited at her pier at Ontario Place in Toronto.
The series includes HMCS Protecteur, a supply ship that served in the Gulf War, and the HMCS Bonaventure, a Majestic Class aircraft carrier that served from 1957 through 1970.
www.hmcsnavyships.com /about_ships.html   (461 words)

  
 HMCS Haida book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gough, who is one of Canada's pre-eminent naval historians, is the author of the just released HMCS Haida: Battle Ensign Flying (Vanwell Publishing).
The Haida escorted merchant ships to Russia on the Murmansk run, was on the scene when the Scharnhorst was sunk, and in a little more than four months in the English Channel sank or helped destroy two large torpedo boats, two destroyers, a U-boat, a trawler, a minesweeper, a cargo ship and a patrol boat.
The Haida later did two tours in Korean waters from 1952 to 1954, and was retired in 1963.
info.wlu.ca /~wwwpa/campus_update/2001/cu_05_16_01.shtml   (321 words)

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