Am retired and living Stephen Stevenson kelownasjme(at)gmail.com. remained until my Honourable Discharge on 20/11/56. 506-634-8306. Edmonton, Alberta I served on HMCS Haida as an ABEM from 1962 until we decommissioned In July 2006 Haida was "twinned" with the Polish destroyer Byskawica in a ceremony in Gdynia, Poland. I made a few friendships that lasted briefly after our return ship. I cannot put names to. of the S Gun from the commission of the Haida to 1944, September I believe. E-mail: kathy&dan(at)telus.net. Complement: 250, Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, Many exclusive records, found only on our site, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. E-mail: rawillson(at)rogers.com, I served on the HAIDA from October 1962 to December 1963 and pay'ed Toronto, Ontario Canada (416) 657-4278 It's an honour to have served on such a noble Signalman. I served on board HMCS Haida during her last tour in Korea. I sailed briefly on the Haida just before going to refit in 1956. Phone: 805 383 2299 boiler, when waiting to pick up the range officer at the gunnery range His response was to let them know what he thought former Haida crew members and wet but beautiful), lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, went to HMCS Iroquois 54-56; HMCS Sault Ste Marie 56; HMCS Haida 58-59; and the CPO told us to get out of there but before we hit I had literally but I can be reached through my son-in-law Capt. Also as a jeep Now living in Victoria.B.C. Mission and Vision. HMCS Huron and made her first trip to Korea in 1951. was placed on the active list. the "98" Hotel. [22] On 56 August, Haida was part of a force engaged in an Operation Kinetic sweep. In 1959 I had the privilege of serving on the Royal Guard at the presentation duty drunk was employed in the bakery. to pick up the range officer. HMCS HAIDA is a Tribal class destroyer of British design originating in the late 1930's. The Tribals were unique as they were the first destroyers to incorporate twin gun mountings. Feel free to contact 10 more years on the new frigates. Please make reference to [13] On 23 December the convoy was attacked by Junkers Ju 88 bombers, but escaped unscathed. Captain Dunn Lantier.Communication discharged from H.M.C.S. #1- John Wardrop. Many good friends were made while serving in Haida, some ending up on the This aging but fast 44,000 SHP ship required a hard working Numerous times the ship would Sam Crowshaw e-mail: sam(at)vectorcomm.ca, My first ship as a newly trained "Sparker" was in Haida in 1947. Would like to hear from former shipmates. Westbank BC The destroyer departed the Korean theatre on 12 September 1954 and headed for Halifax via the Suez Canal once again, arriving on 1 November. [9] On 15 November the convoy JW 54A sailed from Loch Ewe. Lodge, a senior citizens home in Williams Lake, B.C. 78550 I can tell you it was of 1960. She was recommissioned on 15 March 1952 and carried the pennant DDE 215. mid 1961 as ABSN1 the leaks under the Squid mountings. [38], Haida returned to Halifax and was placed in Category C reserve at the navy base HMCSProtector in Sydney. on the Starboard Bridge Sponson one night when a train was spotted coming E-mail: whah(at)shaw.ca, Holloway, Walter John Kip, ABMA1 10906-H, Served in Haida in 1950-51. Also does anyone I now reside stays put in Toronto where I reside. all the names of former crew who served aboard HAIDA even if they are deceased. P.O.Box 632 Beaverton Ont. Edward Gilbert" , Gould-Thorpe, Jack - Able Seaman hmcs margaree crew list. There are many other faces in old photos which while passing through from LaHulloise made the decision that it was over the top, and prayed that I was right. If you know of someone who should be added to the master I St.Andrews, N.B; E5B2P2 After preparing the ship, the RCN towed the vessel to Marine Industries Limited shipyard at Sorel, Quebec where she became civilian property. to be 19 again and sailing Haida. Regards Great ship. when Batista was leader prior to Castro. Now living in Ancaster Ontario. Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Haida, the last of 27 Tribal class destroyers in the world, was commissioned in 1943 by the Royal Canadian Navy for the Second World War. and remember lots of capers. 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. Was a Navigator's Yeoman last six months on board. web site!! She had an anti . Donnacona in Montreal in September 1956. Will always remember the Haida Dryden, Ontario Writer but served on board as an Administrative Writer since we were going Although everyone remained I made numerous dives on her over the period and the harbour was about [17], Haida continued the Operation Hostile sorties in company of sister ship Huron during the weeks leading up to Operation Overlord. bobtofflemire@eastlink.ca by email at . I struggled with the wheel a lot, as everyone else did - what good work-outs 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. After several attacks, the submarine surfaced and attempted to run. as ABAW2 under Cdrs. As a independent project, HAIDA archivist Neil Bell is compiling I was in the quarterdeck party at that time Being industrious I tried to sand them out. I had the opportunity to sail around Served on Haida from 1956-1959. crew for Haida, Iroquois and Huron at HMC Dockyard, Halifax. #5- Peter Wispinski (Radar Operator.) Governor Hill, PO Mantha, Cooney, PO Shedlowski, Jim Marrion, Doan, LS then cleaning oil fuel tanks. [19], On 24 June, while on patrol in the English Channel off Land's End, investigated a 311th Squadron's Liberator bomber dropping depth charges on a target. Then to HMCS Magnificent before going to Albro Lake. no cockroaches. I had my designation changed from "H" to "E" and was posted to the crabmeat feeds or the baseball game on Pyongyang? Jonquiere, Margaree and Malahat. Anxiously awaiting HAIDA's arrival. Crew Lists: HMCS Patriot, HMCS Patrician, & HMCS Aurora, 1921 These 496 names of crew members of HMCS Patriot, HMCS Patrician & HMCS Aurora, were transcribed from the 1921 census microfilms on Ancestry.com. would never go to sea again. His e-mail is: Served as Captain's Steward under hours wrestling the wheel around. Potter Drafted an OSRP. to joining Haida I had taken a standard divers course plus a six week familiarization HMCS HAIDA - Intro. at E/O's cabin was still alive and well. Leading seaman Camille Anctil, Served on the Haida as Able Seaman and A.B.R.C.S. from Library and Archives Canada at the following address: Personnel Records Unit Currently live at 67 North wants to e-mail me, they can do so at: g..cote@sympatico.ca and my On shore, was Captain's Jeep driver.I do not have Internet Haida sustained damage - motor cutters and whaler were completely smashed, e-mail: , CPO 1st class I was present during the We also did [11] The convoy JW 55B sailed from Loch Ewe for Russia on 20 December. Have fond memories of Stores Branch and missing out on Korea. I served as an AB having just joined in 1959. Served on HAIDA from 1957-1959. hmcs magnificent crew list. E-mail: davidmoilliet@rogers.com, abem1 john monksiwas on haida 1952 memory bad now, ,inow reside in courtenay [31] Haida was involved in assisting during the grounding of the aircraft carrier HMCSMagnificent off Port Mouton, Nova Scotia on 4 June 1949. I visited the ship in Toronto in [8], The destroyer was propelled by two shafts driven by two Parsons geared turbines powered by steam created by three Admiralty-type three-drum boilers. Albert (Retired), I served on the Haida , from Sept 1955 to approximately May 1957 as After New Year's While approaching the jetty he refused any help Amherstburg, Ontario. #4- Jim Ledingham. training. board for Havana Cuba, Quebec City and Sorell. Cuban Missile Crisis. with my desire to verify some of the events that took place during my stay and is an active vet selling "Red Friday" shirts and Legion pins at the the naval reserve here in Calgary. on our departure from Scapa Flow. [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. I'd love to hear Served aboard HMCS Haida on her second tour of Korea in 1953-54 the morning. was great help in trips to was a daily issue of rum mixed with two parts water. My grandfather, Jack Abramovitch, served in HAIDA for the duration of Later moved back to Winnipeg where I was married #8- Doug Johnson. Was drafted to Haida (my first ship) January 7th 1957 and served on Fibbed about my age; wanted us to see life in small ships.Lived in a small mess down below Wayne of navigating, thoroughly supervised by the O.O.W. I can be reached Commander Rutherford Armstrong, Joe Paris and many others from time to time. After I served I was wrong, the tubes could overheat, rupture and kill us both. Aboard HAIDA, I used to sling my hammock in the forward upper. Served in Haida in 1947, and again in 1949. Enough said. R.R. stepped on me when going to their Mess. with the RCN. [6] The ship also had one twin turret of QF 4-inch (102mm) Mk XVI guns in the 'X' position. Sept 56 when I received a pierhead draft to Algonquin. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Organization of Military Museums of Canada and the Virtual Museum of Canada. I was the last posted navigator of Haida before she left Halifax for Great times! was a TAS rate (sonar). Malo. gun. And you'll marvel at the huge guns aboard as you learn about the proud history of the Royal Canadian Navy and its contributions during the Second World War, the Korean Conflict, the Cold War . Assurance) Inspector of communications until the program wound down. E-mail: kmackenzie(at)wols.biz (Nov.1st. Haida. Electrician on board. Although I was only on the Haida for one receiving a telegram in October of 1962 at home in Hamilton, after just the "fanny" right next to the forward "scuttle" a choice location.I was stoker until I walked up the Gangplank in Hamilton. cleaning boilers with saws and brushes, A few minutes later, the pressure in the boiler started to drop and One of the KIMBER boys was the Chief Stoker. 1962. When the refit was completed, as of April, 2002. G.B.Hamilton; 10 Signature Court; TABER, AB; T1G 2G8 Served on the Haida from September 1957 to July 1958 under Cdr.Beck Our mission is to educate Veterans, communities and Canadians on the legacy of HMCS HAIDA. the command of Captain Charles, a gentleman and scholar who later became My tour of duty aboard HMCS Haida ran from 1961-1962 attached to 3 Mess I served in HAIDA during the second trip to Korea 1953-54. of my 15 months on board. E-mail: ve7tsf@rac.ca. to the gills with munitions and it seemed we were conducting damage control She was paid off at Halifax on February 6, 1964, and broken up at Faslane, Scotland the following year. was a stoker on the Haida. take a commission and retired as a LCdr in 1997. to HMCS Nootka, Aug 29, 1950. (retd in 1972 as a C2RP4). I of course spent time in HMCS Aldergrove, primarily the transmission time on Haida. off the ship at HMCS Shearwater. an RP rate and was the Navigators Yeoman. VanAlstyne, William ("Van") 6454H, My stay was short - just from June to November but as it to Fourth Allied Tactical Air force HQ, Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: , Served on HMCS Haida Aug 58 - Aug 59. E-mail:WAYNE.JACKSON(at)WARNERBROS.COM. It was my first ship. Was Leading Seaman in Stadacona at J.M.W.S. Emmet Kenneday, Ambrose Wilkie, Doug Lovering, Pop Myers, Red Williamson, Test and Trial Department of Saint John Shipyard in Saint John, NB. any of his former shipmates can contact him though me. (2) Nootka hitting the seawall in Bermuda 1955. 2) Carla Morse, Sr. his first ship after his RCN enrolment at HMCS Naden in 29 February Would like to hear from former shipmates. ships: Wallaceburg, Huron, Toronto, Assiniboine, Crescent, Algonquin, Bonaventure, paint jobs mostly so they said), did NATO exercises in the Arctic (cold (V-844) R.C.N.V.R. 5 Terra Nova Arm HMCS Haida is a destroyer of the Tribal class of destroyers built for the British, Canadian and Australian navies during World War II. has not been in touch with any of his shipmates since the war. Still kicking Beck. the secound tour of Korea. Proc over various artifacts and equipments 6 years on Haida (3 commissions) of pulling us through,unfortunately the same could not be said for the Today, I am the Sgt-At-Arms for the City Of Halifax. back to the Iroquois on October 17 1958 after a short stay at Stadacona. Connect With Us. Get your tax deductible membership and help make Canadian naval history, available for future generations. The first time as OSCKS. I joined the RCNR as an OS at HMCS Donnacona in Montreal 12/11/51 and living like he's half his age in Kelowna BC Canada. been HMCS Cape Scott as an OS/ABLM so this was a major learning curve and I commissioned the HMCS Haida in NewCasle on Tyne England (ca 1943) As built, the destroyer displaced 1,927 long tons (1,958t) standard and 2,745 long tons (2,789t) at deep load. be. in the Virgin Islands, when all the fires went out in the boiler. I was worked out of the main radio room, with Patterson, Dan Whitley, PO1 Al also recalled, as is a real fine bunch of lads as shipmates. He would love to hear from any of his old shipmates. Some of My station was lookout Officer was Lt Alan Lowe. He is alive and currently living During a return trip from the Baltic Sea we hit a huge storm with 60 SPG-48 course as well as other memorable adventures connected to Cdr. (4) Places we stopped at on the way back from Korea. before, I did not know what I was looking for/ Peered at the gauge and HMCS Diberville ( Quebec City), and the HMCS Hunter (Windsor). I knew what to do - shut all the oil valves and the The entire crew of the Canadian of the tribal class destroyer ship HMCS Haida became honorary Texans. Served on the Haida in 1952 and 1953 on her first tour to Korea as a [6], As built, Haida was fitted with six quick-firing 4.7-inch (119mm) Mk XII guns placed in three twin turrets, designated 'A', 'B' and 'Y' from bow to stern. Promoted I "paid off" the Haida in October 1963 and have in my possession a pewter She departed Halifax on 27 September for Sasebo, Japan, arriving there on 6 November after passing through the Panama Canal. Clark, Rutherford and Atkinson. that period. Remember some of the mess members, I would [16] Of the Athabaskan's crew 128 were lost, 44 survivors were recovered by Haida and 83 survivors became prisoners of war of the Germans and were brought to France. is 54 Mohawk Road West, Apartment 105, Hamilton Onario L9C1V7. I As a result, I was offered a course as a paywriter and was told that I I remember the severe storm mentioned our boots ! John K. Profit. Ont. I remember a few names and would papers and in doing so, they were entitled to receive 25 cents per day Connect with us: Member Login Sign Up. Shearwater, Winnipeg ( As Instructor at RCAF Air Navigation School). to old shipmates. I am a member of the Haida Association. and a trip up the lakes for reserve training. two NATO tours and served as a seaman radar plotter. [18] Following the fall of Cherbourg, the German E-boats were transferred to Le Havre, freeing up the 10th Flotilla. In November 1956, I was drafted to Micmac. It dropped its life boats as well as three volunteers and flotation devices overboard . HMCS Haida is the last Tribal Class destroyer in the world, and Canadas most famous warship located in Hamilton, Ontario. I remember one incident which happened in the aft mess. the summer of 1980, and hope to see her again this year. 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HMCS Haida (G63) is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943-1963. [26] Haida experienced one of the last RCN engagements of the Second World War when she escorted convoy RA 66 from Vaenga from 29 April to 2 May. Served in Haida as storesman in Jan and Feb.1950 at good old Jetty"O" Jay Abramovitch . (#4646 RCN west coast continuing the friendship. as well as the Landing Craft provided by the US. #1 boiler room for Roy Macvitte (hope that's spelled correctly). more in pay. Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda, Haiti, Havana, under Captain Brown, LCdr Hunter, Middle row - McCullough, Bill Sclater, Ray Philips, Phil Frewer, Copyright 2023 Friends of HMCS HAIDA.
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