June 9, 2023 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.) 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 10, 2023 HMCS HAIDA arrives Halifax and begins tropicalization refit. HMCS HAIDA arrives Halifax and begins tropicalization refit.
June 16, 2023 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. 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.
June 24, 2023 HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO sink U 971 off Land’s End. HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO sink U 971 off Land’s End.
June 28, 2023 Ceremony aboard HMCS HAIDA to complete the twinning of HMCS HAIDA and ORP Blyskawica. Ceremony aboard HMCS HAIDA to complete the twinning of HMCS HAIDA and ORP Blyskawica.
June 29, 2023 At Government House in Nova Scotia, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, presented to representatives of HMCS HAIDA the World Ship Trust Certificate. At Government House in Nova Scotia, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, presented to representatives of HMCS HAIDA the World Ship Trust Certificate.
August 6, 2023 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). 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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