Name: HMCS HAIDA launched by Lady Laurie.
Start: 1949-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
End: 1949-08-25T23:59:59+00:00

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April 1949
HMCS HAIDA involved in the sinking of the German Elbing class destroyer T_27 off of Ushant.

April 29, 1949 HMCS HAIDA involved in the sinking of the German Elbing class destroyer T_27 off of Ushant.
Sinking of HMCS Athabaskan – April 29

April 30, 1949 Sinking of HMCS Athabaskan – April 29

Led by Friends of Haida. Commemorative event, ship closed. Timing TBD.
May 1949
HMCS HAIDA departs convoy RA.66

May 7, 1949 HMCS HAIDA departs convoy RA.66
Convoy RA.66 arrives Clyde

May 8, 1949 Convoy RA.66 arrives Clyde
June 1949
HMCS HAIDA present at D Day

June 6, 1949 HMCS HAIDA present at D Day
HMCS HAIDA departs Greenock.

June 6, 1949 HMCS HAIDA departs Greenock.
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 9, 1949 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.)
HMCS HAIDA arrives Halifax and begins tropicalization refit.

June 10, 1949 HMCS HAIDA arrives Halifax and begins tropicalization refit.
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 16, 1949 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.
HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO sink U 971 off Land’s End.

June 24, 1949 HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO sink U 971 off Land’s End.
August 1949
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).

August 6, 1949 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 launched by Lady Laurie.

August 25, 1949 HMCS HAIDA launched by Lady Laurie.

April 1949

HMCS HAIDA involved in the sinking of the German Elbing class destroyer T_27 off of Ushant.

Sinking of HMCS Athabaskan – April 29

May 1949

HMCS HAIDA departs convoy RA.66

Convoy RA.66 arrives Clyde

June 1949

HMCS HAIDA present at D Day

HMCS HAIDA departs Greenock.

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.)

HMCS HAIDA arrives Halifax and begins tropicalization refit.

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.

HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO sink U 971 off Land’s End.

August 1949

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 launched by Lady Laurie.

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