HMCS Haida

HMCS Haida docked in Hamilton, Ontario, as a museum ship
History
Canada
Name	Haida
Namesake	Haida
Ordered	5 April 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Yard number	41
Laid down	29 September 1941
Launched	25 August 1942
Commissioned	30 August 1943
Decommissioned	20 March 1946
Recommissioned	15 March 1952
Decommissioned	11 October 1963
Out of service	22 February 1964
Identification	DDE 215 (February 1952) G63 (September 1964)
Honours and awards	Arctic 1943–1945 English Channel 1944 Normandy 1944 Biscay 1944 Korea 1952–1953[1]
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,959 long tons (1,990 t) standard 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) deep load
Length	377 ft (114.9 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)
Draught	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 3 × Admiralty 3-drum type boilers 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) (maximum), 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (service)
Complement	259 (14 officers, 245 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	As G63 (1943–1952): 1 type 268 radar 1 type 271 radar 1 type 291 radar 1 × Mk.III fire control director with Type 285 fire control radar 1 type 144 sonar 1 type 144Q sonar 1 type 147F sonar As DDE 215 (1952–1963): 1 SPS-6C air search radar 1 Sperry Mk.2 navigation radar 1 × Mk.63 fire control director with SPG-34 fire control radar 1 type 164B sonar 1 type 162 (SQS 501) sonar SQS 10 sonar
Armament	As G63 (1943–1952): 3 × 4.7-inch (119 mm)/45 Mk.XII twin guns 1 × 4-inch (102 mm)/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-inch (533 mm) 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-inch (76 mm)/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
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	HMCS Haida National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1984

HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963, participating in World War II and the Korean War.^[2] She was named after the Haida people.

The only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels constructed for the RCN, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship and as such is commonly referred to as the "Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy".^[3][4]

Designated a national historic site of Canada in 1984, she now serves as a museum ship berthed next to HMCS Star, an active Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Division, in Hamilton, Ontario.^[5][6] In 2018, Haida was designated the ceremonial flagship of the RCN.