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HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963, participating in World War II and the Korean War. She was named for the Haida people. The only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels constructed for the RCN, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship and as such is commonly referred to as the “Fightingest Ship in the Royal Canadian Navy”

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HMCS Haida was a destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy that served in the Second World War and the Korean War. She was the most decorated ship in Canadian naval history and the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer. She was named after the Haida people, a First Nations group in British Columbia. She was launched in 1942 and commissioned in 1943. She participated in several naval battles, such as the Battle of the Atlantic, the Normandy landings, and the Battle of the Bay of Biscay. She sank or damaged more enemy vessels than any other Canadian warship. She was decommissioned in 1963 and became a museum ship in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a National Historic Site of Canada and a symbol of Canada’s naval heritage.