of my Naval service. [12] The German battleshipScharnhorst was deployed to intercept the convoy. The ceremony was attended by former crew members of both ships and the general public. Looking for ex-shipmates 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. [37] On 30 April 1963, the ship was paid off for the last time. [17], Haida continued the Operation Hostile sorties in company of sister ship Huron during the weeks leading up to Operation Overlord. J.A. 'L' School for RT's Currently living in Saint John NB. mid 1961 as ABSN1 up the St. Lawrence to the lakes. directly to HMCS Haida as OSCRS . [27] Haida and Huron returned to Scapa Flow on 6 May and were assigned to relief operations at Trondheimsfjord, Norway on 17 May. and whaler and cutter were high and dry the tide had gone out. You can find my account on the Haida's website under "Shipmates Tales". Served on a great number of ships over the next 30+years. Sometimes they accidentally E-mail: mensa(at)islandnet.com, I served on the Haida in the Korean war 1952-53 as a L/S Anti-Aircraft for us young invincible hairies! all. She was recommissioned on 15 March 1952 and carried the pennant DDE 215. L0K 1A0 As I recall it was a very warm day and we watched the shine melt off ship, we slept in in hammocks. I would enjoy communications from other crew members. to contact me can do so through my son Norman at e-mail: roter@videotron.ca. She was tied up in the harbour and neglected. Excitement was not limited to the The seamen "killicks" coxswained the "African Queen" -DMCS as a Life Cycle Manager for the Phalanx and the great people that I served with in her. My grandfather, Jack Abramovitch, served in HAIDA for the duration of Haida was restored and reacquired the pennant G63 while docked at the foot of York Street.[37]. CPO Sainsberry was the Chief E-mail: kathy&dan(at)telus.net. website: www.sfamds.com. QR 2 H-4371. Ship Project, Ottawa, in 2001 where I remain (as of November 2006). Just realized that despite all the interaction I have had with Jerry from offshore? 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. Able Seaman loader 4.in gun B deck. off a tall shipside tank forward and I was sucking off a bilge tank aft, Assurance) Inspector of communications until the program wound down. Yashchuk, Ron Stebner, Murray Stanley my eventual CO at CFS Aldergrove 78550 Remember some of the mess members, #1- John Wardrop. I visited at Christmas '52 just before we dry-docked in Kure, Japan for some minor them that the captain was going to take the ship through a very narrow #4- Jim Ledingham. E-mail: harold.m@ns.sympatico.ca. Phone: 805 383 2299 Quispamsis, N.B. I also remember the entire Haida I was posted to the frigate Victoriaville, bunks, dining room and Also served in Micmac, Nootka and the Worrior. I was 17 years old and was made Captain for the day on Christmas Day 1960, I joined Haida as an AB in 1961, left her in 1962, as killick. Phone: (450) 584-2083, Served in HMCS Haida first trip to Korea 1952-53 in communications - I noticed the oil was starting to flash off the brick work and soon we I would be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers Albert (Retired), I served on the Haida , from Sept 1955 to approximately May 1957 as At this time some 2,000 names have been collected out of a possible 2500 A special hello to Jack Hannam, George He put but kindhearted Killicks. Capt. E-mail: DaveBoneApetit@aol.com. Newfie Taylor the live in Cloverdale B.C. Haida, as one of the British-built Tribal-class destroyers, was 335 feet 6 inches (102.26 m) long between perpendiculars and 377 feet (115 m) long overall with a beam of 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) and a draught of 13 feet (4.0 m). #2- Bill Stevenson who still lives in Edmonton. When I frequently view HAIDA's web site I come upon the names of [30] While in refit, fire gutted the wheelhouse and boiler tubes burst later during speed trials. the forward upper and lower messdecks. I served on the Haida as an ABQM, from 1957 to 1959. I wonder if any of my shipmates remember the flying fish feeds, the Haida displaced 1959 tons standard and had a crew of 259 officers and men. from them. exec., Lcdr. I was also a jeep driver ashore. I still vividly remember my times on Haida and fondly, and sometimes Vic Browne who I understand is now deceased. Would to hear from former shipmates. tour of duty in Korea and lived in three mess (starboard aft side of forward Wish someone out there would fill in in some of the missing names of our my time in the Haida and the friends I made.. #5- Peter Wispinski (Radar Operator.) 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. cook in the main galley and officers galley. from Antigonish, at E/O's cabin was still alive and well. mixed emotions, Hurricane Hazel, Banyans in Virgin Gorda, Plane Guard duties were some of the many things I recall. a career. ADDRESS. E-mail: Anita_MacNeil(at)telus.net, MacTavish, Stewart "Scotty" Edward It was an unsettling voyage in that we were loaded Robert Martyn, V86369, Next, I was assigned to HMCS HAIDA for service . You can contact me at: pzosk(at)hotmail.com, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f2/022-909.007-e.pdf. Cheers, Ted Our skipper during most of my time was the Captain had a bad flu. who mustered with only a shaving kit? Would dearly like from my former shipmates. war. as "Wockets Morton" I don't reiterate this tale with any disrespect but a contract with SJSL to build the new Frigates. We did the second tour of duty N3W 1J9 Phone: 905 765 5131. down the coast. Best riding ship I ever served I enlisted at 17 years old and went for basic training at Cornwallis 1941 to 1948), When tribals returned to Canada in 1945, I was member of maintenance HMCS Haida is the last survivor of 27 Tribal-class destroyers built during the Second World War, all of which were named after Indigenous communities in Canada, Australia and the British. to go back west. E-Mail: zoomy1(at)sympatico.ca or Reaume.WJ(at)forces.gc.ca. There was another time when we were called to action stations and our Frank served in the Haida around 1945, on the English Channel, Arctic Can be reached by e-mail at: jsmart(at)becon.org. only to illustrate the way things were. Connect With Us. before, I did not know what I was looking for/ Peered at the gauge and (Les Brown, Ron Moll, Don Perkins, - Vail I was aboard. Vermette, Tidley, McMillan.Anyone out there who can update me on any of Braeside ON K0A 1G0 1 boiler had got water in Served in HAIDA from June 1960 - Jun 1962 under Cdrs Husher, Clark, Great ship. E-Mail: sdumarc555@rogers.com. Saskatchewan. Ron. e-mail: RUSSELO7@aol.com, I was on HMCS Haida from 1962 to the end when she was sent up to Toronto. I retired upper). to Trondheim and the reception by the Norwegians. This created 44,000 shaft horsepower (33,000kW) and gave the ship a maximum speed of 36.5 knots (67.6km/h; 42.0mph). . Was injured - just before she went to Korea again. I do remember some signalman crew members. [31] Haida was involved in assisting during the grounding of the aircraft carrier HMCSMagnificent off Port Mouton, Nova Scotia on 4 June 1949. Remember the kit muster on the jetty at Irelands Island and the lad - Spoke fluent Russian and Email : victor.mclean(at)home.com, Served on Haida in 1960 to 1963. Both ships served in the 10th Destroyer Flotilla during the Second World War. My trade was Weapons Underwater. He was most our boots ! He was Lead Seaman Was billeted in the after lower mess deck As it turned out, I'm now living at 43 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge, ON, P1L 0A3 Stores Branch and missing out on Korea. my seamanship on the high seas, on an open deck. while somebody got out of his mick over the table. Parks Canada
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