TOUR INTRODUCTION

HAIDA at sea. (DND photo)

Presented below, are HAIDA'S pertinent statistics. The armament reflects her final configuration.

Builders : Vickers Armstrong Ltd; Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Keel laid : September 29, 1941.
Launched : August 25, 1942 by Lady Laurie.
Commissioned : August 30, 1943 .
De-commissioned: October 11, 1963.
Displacement : 2,200 standard; 2,744 tons (full load).
Length : 377 feet overall.
Beam : 37.5 feet.
Draught : 11 feet, 9 inches forward; 15 feet, 2 inches aft.
Engines : Two Parsons steam turbines; 22,000 shp each.
Boilers : Three, Admiralty 3 drum type.
Fuel Capacity : 520 tons of Bunker 'C' oil provided a range of 5,200 nm at 15 knots or 1,700 n/m at 20 knots.
Speed : 36.5 knots maximum.
Original cost : 677,140 pounds Sterling (around $Cdn 3.4 million in 1943).
Armament (1960): Four, 21 inch torpedo tubes. Two, twin 4 inch guns (A and B mounts - forward). Two, 3 inch 50 cal guns (aft mounting). Six, aft mounted, Squid mortar bomb launchers. Two, twin 20 mm Oerlikon A/A machine guns. Four, 40 mm Bofors.
Crew : 20 officers; 230 men of other ranks.

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3 in 50 Gun	4 in Guns	Bridge
Captain's Day Cabin	Damage Control HQ	Engine Room/ Boilers
Electrical Systems	Electronics Maintenance
Messdecks/ Food	Operations Room	Radio Room 1
Sick Bay	Sonar Control Room	Squid Handling Room
Smaller Guns	Transmitting Station	Torpedo Tubes
Wardroom	Wheelhouse	Other

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