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 HMCS HAIDA involved in the sinking of the German Elbing class destroyer T_27 off of Ushant.
April 29, 1944 Sinking of HMCS Athabaskan – April 29 Led by Friends of Haida. Commemorative event, ship closed. Timing TBD.
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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