I’ve always be fascinated by warships and Jer’s shots of the battleship Texas a while back inspired me. I had some free time today so I took the DA* 16~50/2.8 drove to Hamilton to take at look at HMCS Haida billed as “Canada’s most famous warship.” Wouldn’t be much more than a lifeboat on the Texas but she saw a lot of action.
Twin 4" guns
40mm Bofors Guns
3" 50 Calibre Gun
Torpedo Tubes
From the stern
Radio Room
Crew Quarters - Not much changed since Nelson's day
It is docked in Hamilton Harbour and is a National Historic Site. Haida was commissioned in 1943 saw a lot of action in WWII and Korea. Her battle honours include: Arctic 1943-45, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1944 and Korea 1952-53. Haida was a Tribal Class destroyer which displaced 3,000 tons fully loaded. She is 377 feet in length with a beam of 37.5 feet. Top speed 36.5 knots with 18 officers and a crew of 230 men. Main armament was 4-4 inch HA/LA guns, 2-3 inch 50 calibre AA, 4 – 40mm Bofors guns, 4 – 21 inch torpedoes and 2 squid antisubmarine mortars.
For the curious see the following site:
HMCS HAIDA - Intro
Inside or out I was pretty pleased with the performance of this lens. Great focal length for tight quarters, very sharp, great colours and it makes things look better than they do in real life.
Tom G
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