As built, Haida was fitted with six quick-firing 4.7-inch (119 mm) Mk XII guns placed in three twin turrets, designated 'A', 'B' and 'Y' from bow to stern. [note 1] The turrets were placed on 40° …

HMCS Halifax was the first of an eventual twelve Canadian-designed and Canadian-built vessels which combine traditional anti-submarine capabilities with systems to deal with surface and air …

Mar 26, 2000 · Three Canadian warships, including HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) and HMCS Toronto (FFH 333). The ship's decoy system comprises four BAE Systems Shield mk2 decoy …

HMCS Ottawa is a Royal Canadian Navy Halifax -class frigate. Ottawa is the twelfth and final ship of the Halifax class that were built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the …

Jun 27, 2023 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the HMCS Ottawa (FFH-341) Multi-Mission Frigate Warship including pictures.

The weapons featured below were originally fitted on HAIDA in 1943 but nearly all were removed during the ship's mid-life modernization of 1949-1952. Most specifications were referenced …

Jan 28, 2024 · Constructed with the most advanced allied weaponry of its era, HMCS Haida is renowned for its role in sinking 14 enemy ships during World War II. Perhaps a genre thing, …

Aug 22, 2023 · They say, in theory, if you fired the big guns of the HMCS Haida in a southward direction from Hamilton Harbour, you could hit Hamilton Airport more than 15 kilometres away. …

Oct 27, 2019 · Resting in the port of Hamilton in pier 9, the HMCS Haida now acts as a museum ship. While the ship may be Canadian, her important efforts for the preparations to make …

Late in August, 1943, while senior ship of a group operating in the Bay of Biscay, ATHABASKAN was damaged by a German aerial glider bomb dropped from one of five aircraft. The bomb …