HMCS Haida (G63) — Tribal-Class Destroyer Model, 36 in
HMCS Haida (G63) — Tribal-Class Destroyer Model, 36 in
How big is it?
Length about 91 cm / 36.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 36 in / 91 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM611
The larger edition of Canada's most decorated warship, at 36 inches.
Specification
- 36 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Main turrets, torpedo tubes, depth charge racks and deck fittings
- Masts, radar and boat detail
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
Choosing the size
Destroyers are long and narrow, so extra length shows more than it would on a wider hull. At 36 inches the deck fittings between the turrets — torpedo tubes, boats, depth charge gear, ready-use lockers — become individually visible rather than reading as a cluttered strip.
History
Commissioned in 1943, Haida sank or helped sink fourteen enemy vessels, more than any other ship in Canadian naval history. In April 1944 she stayed on the surface in hostile waters until dawn recovering survivors from her torpedoed sister Athabaskan, then left a motor cutter behind with volunteers aboard to keep searching — they picked up six more men and reached England.
She fought in Korea, was rescued from the scrapyard by public subscription, and is preserved at Hamilton, Ontario.