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| Launched: | August 25, 1942 |
| Commissioned: | August 30, 1943 |
| Recommissioned: | March 15, 1952 as DDE-215 |
| Fate: | Museum in Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Displacement: | 2,000 tons |
| Length: | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) |
| Armament: | 4 x 4in (102mm) guns;
2 x 3in (76mm) 50 caliber guns, 4 x 40mm Bofors guns, 2 x twin Oerlikon 20 mm guns, 2 x Squid antisubmarine mortars, 4 x 21 inch (533mm) torpedo tubes; |
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is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian
Ship .
''Haida'' is the only surviving
Tribal-class Destroyer . Between
1937 and
1945 twenty-seven were built for the
Royal Navy ,
Royal Canadian Navy , and
Royal Australian Navy .
''Haida'' was assigned to the 10th Destroyer Flotilla stationed at
Plymouth in early
1944 . She had an illustrious
World War II career. She gained the moniker "The Fightingest Ship in the RCN." by reason of sinking 14 enemy ships during patrols in the
English Channel and the
Bay Of Biscay . She was also assigned to two tours of duty in the
Korean War .
After it's retirement the ship was turned over to a public organization that sought to turn it into a museum. ''Haida'' was paid off in September
1963 , and brought to Toronto and moored at the foot of York Street. In 1970, when financial difficulties hit 'Haida Inc.', the provincial government took ownership and moved it to its new home. She was then put on display on at
Ontario Place in
Toronto where the ship was opened to the public in 1971 as an attraction at the government-owned theme park. It was also used as a training facility for local
Sea Cadets .
She was on display until
2002 when the ship was acquired by
Parks Canada who undertook repairs to the hull and superstructure costing $5 million. On
August 30 ,
2003 , the 60th anniversary of her commissioning into the Royal Canadian Navy, she was moved to the city of
Hamilton ,
Ontario where HMCS ''Haida'' has become a focal point of a revitalized waterfront. ''Haida'' is part of the Canada Marine Discovery Centre, a
National Historic Site of Canada.
- Class: Tribal Destroyer
- Built by: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
- Launched: August 25, 1942
- Commissioned: August 30, 1943
- Modernized: 1950-52
- Recommissioned: March 15, 1952 as DDE-215
- Length: 377 ft (115 m)
- Beam: 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)
- Draft: 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
- Displacement: 2,000 tons
- Armament:
- ---4 x 4in (102mm) guns;
- ---2 x 3in (76mm) 50 caliber guns;
- ---4 x 40mm Bofors guns;
- ---2 x twin Oerlikon 20 Mm Guns
- ---2 x Squid antisubmarine mortars;
- ---4 x 21 inch (533mm) torpedo tubes;
