April 29, 1945 HMCS HAIDA and HMCS IROQUOIS were attacked by U_427. The attack resulted in near misses by U_427. The last convoy battle of WW2.
April 29, 1944 Sinking of HMCS Athabaskan – April 29 Led by Friends of Haida. Commemorative event, ship closed. Timing TBD.
April 29, 1944 HMCS HAIDA involved in the sinking of the German Elbing class destroyer T_27 off of Ushant.
May 26, 1953 Yang do, Korea. HAIDA pays her “final dues” in membership to the Trainbusters Club. That is HMCS HAIDA’s second train and becomes # 2 Trainbuster after HMCS CRUSADER.
June 9, 1944 Battle of Ushant. Night action, Normandy. HMCS HAIDA and HMCS HURON destroy the German Narvik class destroyer Z 32 in a gun duel off Ile de Bas. (Captain DeWolf’s 2nd DSC.)
June 16, 1948 A burial at sea took place from HMCS HAIDA for Lt (A), Nigel Douglas Fisher, Royal Navy, who died when his Sea Hornet crashed into the sea off Halifax.
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