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.
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.)
August 6, 1944 HMCS HAIDA sinks German minesweeper M486 off Ile d’Yeu, Bay of Biscay. LS R.H. Betts, and AB G.J. Rowe, both killed in action Aug 6, 1944. A/S Kerwin awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. (This was the second CGM awarded to the RCN. The first was Max Bernay’s on August 6, 1942).
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