HMCS Haida

Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2009

Plaque Location

The City of Hamilton
In a park near the ship, at the foot of Catharine Street North
north of Guise Street East

Coordinates: N 43 16.522 W 79 51.365

Plaque Text

HMCS Haida is the last of the Tribal Class destroyers which saw heavy action with the Australian, British and Canadian navies during World War II. Built for the Royal Canadian Navy at Newcastle, England, in 1942, this ship served on the frigid Murmansk run and in clearing the English Channel for the Normandy invasion. She helped sink 14 enemy vessels. Haida was recommissioned in 1952 and served two tours of duty with the United Nations in Korea, taking part in shore bombardment, blockades and attacks on trains.

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