Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Canadian Navy — Destroyer G63

HMCS Haida

Tribal-class destroyer

HMCS Haida
Balcer~commonswiki — Own work — CC BY 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — G63 Destroyer HMCS Haida moored as museum ship at Hamilton, Ontario. Photo taken on December 2, 2006 . Source: Photo by me, User:Balcer .

Service

  1. Royal Canadian Navy as Haida30 August 1943 — 11 October 1963736 days of the war
Tribal-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMCS Haida
Pennant / hull number
G63
Namesake
Haida
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ordered
5 April 1940
Laid down
29 September 1941
Launched
25 August 1942
Commissioned
30 August 1943
Decommissioned
20 March 1946
Recommissioned
15 March 1952
Fate
Museum ship
Status
Preserved

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,959 long tons (1,990 t)
Displacement, full load
2,519 long tons (2,559 t)
Length
114.91 m (377 ft)
Beam
11.28 m (37 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
Complement
259
Main gun
119 mm (4.7 in)

HMCS Haida was a Tribal-class destroyer in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number G63. The ship was named after Haida. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne laid her keel on 29 September 1941. Launched on 25 August 1942, she entered service on 30 August 1943.

Her class ran to 24 ships. The class followed the I-class destroyer and was succeeded by the J class.

She displaced 1,959 long tons standard and 2,519 long tons at full load. She measured 114.9 m (377 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 259.

Her main battery was three 119 mm (4.7 in) guns.

She was in commission for 736 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 March 1946. She recommissioned on 15 March 1952.

She has been preserved.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 3 × Admiralty 3-drum type boilers
  • 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines, 44000 shp
Armament
  • As G63 (1943–1952):
  • 3 × 4.7 in/45 Mk.XII twin guns
  • 1 × 4 in/45 Mk.16 twin guns
  • 1 × quadruple mount 40 mm/39 2-pounder gun
  • 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon twin cannons
  • 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 in torpedo tubes)
  • 1 rail + 2 Mk.IV throwers (Mk.VII depth charges)
  • As DDE 215 (1952–1963):
  • 2 × 4-inch/45 Mk.16 twin guns
  • 1 × 3 in/50 Mk.33 twin guns
  • 4 × 40 mm/56 Bofors guns
  • 1 quad launcher with Mk.IX torpedoes (4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes)
  • 2 × Squid ASW mortars

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMCS Haida on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Balcer~commonswiki — Own work — CC BY 2.5 — Wikimedia Commons