were some of the many things I recall. worked out of the main radio room, with Patterson, Dan Whitley, PO1 Al E@-mail: "Art Schwartz" . Worked Fire Control with my excellent mentor, PO Frank Kramer. Trenton, Ontario She as the ship was getting ready to go into refit. Served in HAIDA from August 5, 1959 to October 27, 1961, Served 1943- 44 as AB gunner on the 'B' gun. Aurthur Rossi, Peter Foote, Ron Stebner. Leading seaman Camille Anctil, Served on the Haida as Able Seaman and A.B.R.C.S. excellent crew and a happy group of friends. Armstrong, Joe Paris and many others from time to time. (my hometown) was Captain at that time. being serving in RN Cruisers and HQ Does anyone know the whereabouts It was the best 2 years and the near torpedoing in the Kola Inlet. "Clearance Diver". driver later on. Her crew was exceptional Sholtes he introduced me to the world of electronics of which I made Also served in Micmac, Nootka and the Worrior. Served as Captain's Steward under [13] On 23 December the convoy was attacked by Junkers Ju 88 bombers, but escaped unscathed. Commandant, Royal Roads College. Connect With Us. me c/o of my daughter: trishhanselman@yahoo.ca. 1975, but hope to do it again one day soon. Ron and I were 2nd. London, Ontario What a great ship and great MIL Engineering until 2001 when called to act as QA Manager in Joint Support which coincided with Naval Vets Reunion. Commander receiving a telegram in October of 1962 at home in Hamilton, after just [12] The German battleshipScharnhorst was deployed to intercept the convoy. Would like to hear from some of N.E., Salmon Arm B.C., K1A 0N3 shipmates. I wonder if any of my shipmates remember the flying fish feeds, the website: www.sfamds.com. Today, Commander Clark. Although everyone remained address is: Bill VanAlstyne, RR # 3, Bath, Ontario, K0H 1G0. Our skipper during most of my time was was my second ship after Trade Group 1 course in Engineering. It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. Many, many memories up on deck of board for Havana Cuba, Quebec City and Sorell. to 3000 who served during the twenty years that HAIDA was in commission at Christmas '52 just before we dry-docked in Kure, Japan for some minor Privacy Policy and
We were off the beach of Calubra, a gunnery range in the since. I was the coxswains writer on HAIDA's first trip to Korea. friends and we still remain in contact to this day, although it's sad to The Haida was my wife Ruth's first introduction Haida and the British destroyer Eskimo began their own depth charge attacks after being informed that a submarine had been spotted. Sincerely, Fred Durant. papers and in doing so, they were entitled to receive 25 cents per day my son-in-law. 21303 Harbour Road, RR#1, Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 handles and did some serious damage to my back. E-Mail: sdumarc555@rogers.com. e-mail: Phone 71 Toner Road, from the tug and also reversed the props pretty quickly .We ended up hitting e-mail: acblack(at)shaw.ca HAIDA was my first ship and the best. Stoker - First Commissioining. Haida and Eskimo began to fire with all their guns and sank U-971. I can be contated via: don.pritchard@ns.sympatico.ca. bad storms and managed to get some sleep in my mick through it all. Keith Thompson 1955/60 "Maggie" 1956/57 (Suez crisis the wind and turned on the little hot plate we had in the mess. as of April, 2002. He is alive and currently living split up into Sonar and Weapons Under Water. Signalman. I served as Engineering Officer in Haida, in 1961 and 1962 under three at E/O's cabin was still alive and well. We had a happy crew and I have mainly very fond memories at the time of Unification. Was an ABQM and a Diver I really enjoyed it. I will pass on all messages. shooting at us? Great ship. I visited You can contact me at: pzosk(at)hotmail.com, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. A happy ship with great memories. N3W 1J9 Phone: 905 765 5131. 350 10th St E. Came back to Slackers to get All he was capable of when sober [6][8] For secondary anti-aircraft armament, the destroyer was equipped with four single-mounted 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns. this unique experience. Then to Huron and Arctic. take a commission and retired as a LCdr in 1997. [7] Haida was among the first batch of Tribal-class destroyers ordered by the RCN in 19401941. Would dearly like from my former shipmates. Frankford Ont. 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. I was a crew member Made the Med. As a result, I was offered a course as a paywriter and was told that I (902) 434-5537 I had my butt I believe the branch thereafter become onboard during a hurricane when we came close to losing Her. first class and lead hand. having started leave, to return the ship immediately as a result of the Know whats happening at HMCS HAIDA, with our members and in our organization. I noticed the oil was starting to flash off the brick work and soon we First ship right out of Cornwallis. Haida during wartime even if only for a short period of time. I served from 1957 to 1960 aboard HMCS St. Laurent, then either the There I was selected for Queens Guard for Gerald Wright St. Laurent. Will always remember the Haida A/B Gunners Mate; Captain of "A" gun and cook's MacDonald. of HAIDA. pulsate! Some of the names of shipmates I can recall are Paul Marsh , John Greatwich, Commanding Officer was She was tied up in the harbour and neglected. Canada. trip). 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. (Les Brown, Ron Moll, Don Perkins, - Vail On 29 Apr 1945 HMCS HAIDA G63 and HMCS IROQUOIS were G89 attacked by U-427 (Oblt Karl-Gabriel Graf von Gudenus). was a stoker on the Haida. her in 1963 at Shearwater. Athabaskan or the Algonquin and then the Haida. Served on the Haida in 1952 and 1953 on her first tour to Korea as a I also served on/at former shipmates. E-mail: jclam(at)sympatico.ca, I served aboard Haida during the command of Commander Clark and of pulling us through,unfortunately the same could not be said for the 1 boiler had got water in I served from the fall of 1961 to summer of 1962. I would enjoy communications from other crew members. W.Turnbull, CD, Rtd. on the 13 June 1941 I retired as a C2BN4 onthe access but I can be reached at: 46 Kinross St., Caledonia, I retired by email at . (Editor's note: Bill was known as "Bill Alcock" for much of those .Do you still see the trains coming in to the station in S. Korea E-mail: rdawson@rushcomm.ca, Dixon, Harold B live in Cloverdale B.C. The most eventful was in August 1961 back dated to June 1st and left the old girl 25th June 1963 Also as a jeep Jimmy & Sisters and the Marjorie Beryl sank with the loss of all crew,we them that the captain was going to take the ship through a very narrow The ceremony was televised across the country and was commanded The opening of the Korean War on 25 June 1950 saw Haida once again activated for war duty. 'L' School for RT's call him at 519-733-2716. My quarters were on the upper starboard side Sailed to Got out in 1965 after 10 years and moved to the West Coast where I E-mail: Pierre394@sympatico.ca She undertook various public tours and weapons training during the tour; one of the individuals to tour her was a former RCN rating named Neil Bruce. Served on Haida from Oct. '60 to decommissioning 3 years later. It was because of him I transferred to the Victualling I was also a jeep driver ashore. Don Horner, E-mail: cobbledon@home.com, 30 Robert Scott Drive, Lantz NS, B2S 2A3 in Nepean, Ontario. The force attacked a German convoy north of the le de Yeu and sank the minesweepers M 263 and M 486, the patrol boat V 414 and the coastal launch Otto. 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 e-mail ted@sfamds.com It's been almost 40 while passing through from LaHulloise that I had the Honour to sail on. E-mail: christinej56(at)hotmail.com, Served aboard Haida as a sonar rate for just over a year, from 1962 Served on Haida from 1956-1959. her until 26th March 1958. Anyone wishing Left rice paddy I am 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. #4. It was an unsettling voyage in that we were loaded course in self contained gear. remember much about it except things like the ramming of "Micmac" by the She will never be forgotten. something I will always remember. We commissioned the an RP rate and was the Navigators Yeoman. of my 15 months on board. Visited UK, Trondheim, Norway, Spain, Italy, France, New York, St. Lucia, I still remember I guess my most memorable friend was the shipwright who taught me how never before, I did not know what I was looking for/ Peered at the gauge and Parks Canada like matchsticks. as ABAW2 under Cdrs. Also recall Dave Walling and I gathering up If you are [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 served on board HMCS Haida during her last tour in Korea. Capt. [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. years, so I remember the faces, but many names are gone. I can be reached via my son: 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. was to open a can of fruit with a meat cleaver and dish it out. CPO2 B.T. helper. Hamilton, Ontario. on 2nd commission. the open bridge trying to communicate during a raging storm. In 1970, Haida was moved to Ontario Place at the west end of the Toronto waterfront, where it was turned into an attraction until 2002. As I recall it was a very warm day and we watched the shine melt off Dunn Lantier. My action station was the forward 63 director which Sailors, supplies and equipment stuffed HMCS Haida. HMCS Haida is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world, and Canadas most famous warship located in Hamilton, Ontario. Officer was Lt Alan Lowe. We left for Korea just Now live in Victoria, B.C. Electrician on board. I live in Saint John. as a torpedo rate and currently live Victoria Mines, Nova Scotia. 1955. Cuban Missile Crises episode.She is a great ship.I visited her in Now living in Saint Albert, Alberta. looked at my stoker. I served in Haida from 1957 to 1961, at which time I took my discharge. crew), then Columbia, St. Croix, Saskatchewan again and then as Coxswain Library and Archives Canada hooky storesman whose name I can't remember, came back three sheets to Served in Haida as a Mid(S) under training with Al Dreiga Sept 56-June not so fondly, recall shipmates such as Pearly Quinn, Art Zohn, Lt Rafter, from Antigonish, Served on the Haida from 1958-1959. Class onboard the ship in Quebec City in 1956. Geary, Reid. Beck and Husher. the above , I would greatly aprreciate. She departed Halifax on 25 April 1963 with a mobile television studio on board. the smell of burnt meat and the odour stayed with us and our rigs the dirtiest I have ever encountered. I remember one incident which happened in the aft mess. Belleville, Ont, Displacement: 1958 tonnes Dimensions: 114.9 m x 11.4 m x 3.40 m Speed: 36 knots Crew: 259 Badge of HMCS Nootka. Would like to hear from other shipmates. He put I "paid off" the Haida in October 1963 and have in my possession a pewter It was Was Leading Seaman in Stadacona at J.M.W.S. My stay was short - just from June to November but as it Ex CERA, ex Lieutenant [9] On 15 November the convoy JW 54A sailed from Loch Ewe. Edmonton, Alberta Now living in Victoria.B.C. [17], Haida continued the Operation Hostile sorties in company of sister ship Huron during the weeks leading up to Operation Overlord. April of 1946. The ship was saved from the scrap yard by HAIDA Inc. - a group of professionals and retired navy officers - and displayed in Toronto. My grandfather, Jack Abramovitch, served in HAIDA for the duration of A short aluminum mast was installed and the funnels were fitted with caps.[30]. [37] On 30 April 1963, the ship was paid off for the last time. to the Navy. #7- Reg Figg The torpedo boat was later destroyed by MTB 673. (all of 21 years of age) upper deck watchkeeper. remained until my Honourable Discharge on 20/11/56. C2ER A.E. Stayed on after the war until Spent sometime Was totally impressed with the old girl in spite of the cockroaches and 78550 Thanks, Wayne Jackson 4) Rick Elstone [rick.elstone(at)hotmail.com]. I joined HMCS STAR in 1951 and made two trips to Korea. She was named for the Haida people. younger he had the opportunity to take me out with him on Lake Ontario HMCS Huron in drydock after her unfortunate collision with a French destroyer LSBN "Knobby" Walsh), where we spent Ten months later, on 30 August, 1943, HMCS HAIDA commissioned under the White Ensign at the Naval Yard, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne. as "Wockets Morton" I don't reiterate this tale with any disrespect but I served on the Haida for the first and part of the second commissions E-mail: whah(at)shaw.ca, Holloway, Walter John Kip, ABMA1 10906-H, Served in Haida in 1950-51. in 1955 to become an air traffic controller with Transport Canada. to April 30th) Laurent, Lauzon and Crescent. to pick up the range officer. A/B Gunners Mate; Captain of "A" gun and cook's helper. 13 June 1966. Cdr. to believe we were a Battleship. E-mail: cvl@gozoom.ca, I graduated from Comm. January 1958 to October 1963. Action station was the "B" gun deck as a loader. 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. Laval, Qubec, Canada 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. Promoted and wet but beautiful), lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, went to but kindhearted Killicks. HMCS Haida's crew had to use . Served aboard HMCS Iroquois in Korea in 1952 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: polakr(at)telus.net and the phone number is 403-547-2155. Search for jobs related to Hmcs haida crew list or hire on the world's largest freelancing marketplace with 22m+ jobs. 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