HAIDEE VR1

 

Great Lakes Training Vessel

 

 

Training Vessel HAIDEE VR1 in Toronto Bay

From the collection of Robert V. Richmond

Courtesy of Bob Richmond

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HAIDEE was a luxury cabin cruiser that was donated to the RCNR by E.H. Watt of Toronto. HAIDEE was a tender to HMCS Hunter and used as a training vessel on the Great Lakes during WW II. 

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

SLt John Cheshel Campbell, RCNVR - 10 Jun 1943 - unk

 

Lt Norman William Gooderham, RCNVR - 21 May 1945 - unk

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

Newspaper article on paint and prep-work being done on the RCN's newly acquired training vessel HAIDEE

Toronto Daily Star, 30 Apr 1940

 

From the collection of Robert V. Richmond

Courtesy of Bob Richmond

 

 

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