HMCS Haida (G63) — Tribal-Class Destroyer Model, 30 in
HMCS Haida (G63) — Tribal-Class Destroyer Model, 30 in
How big is it?
Length about 76 cm / 30.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 30 in / 76 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM480
The fightingest ship in the Royal Canadian Navy — and the last Tribal-class destroyer left anywhere in the world.
Handcrafted at 30 inches with hull, superstructure, turret and deck detail.
Specification
- 30 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Main turrets, torpedo tubes and deck fittings
- Masts, radar and boat detail
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Haida was commissioned in 1943 and destroyed or helped destroy fourteen enemy vessels — more than any other ship in Canadian naval history.
Her defining moment came in April 1944. After a night action off the Brittany coast, her sister ship HMCS Athabaskan was torpedoed and sinking. Haida stayed on the surface in enemy waters until daylight picking up survivors, then lowered a motor cutter and left it behind with volunteers aboard to keep searching. That boat's crew rescued six more men and made it to England.
She served in Korea, was saved from scrapping by public subscription, and is a museum ship at Hamilton, Ontario.