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| 3402 | ZIMMERMAN, David. The Great Naval Battle of Ottawa. xiv, [16], 209p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN: 0802026877.
How admirals, scientists, and politicians impeded the development of high technology in Canada's wartime Navy. |
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| 3403 | BERCUSON, David J., & HERWIG, Holger H. Deadly Seas: The Story of the St. Croix, the U 305 and the Battle of the Atlantic. [vi], 346p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Random House, 1997.ISBN: 0679308547.
U 305 sank St. Croix in a convoy battle around ON202 in September 1943. This is a lightweight imaginative reconstruction of the careers of each vessel until their fatal meeting. Some months later the submarine was sunk with all hands. |
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| 3404 | BLAKELY, Tom. Corvette Cobourg: The Role of a Canadian Warship in the Longest Sea Battle in History. ix, 93p., illus. Cobourg, Ont.: Cobourg Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 1985. ISBN: 0969205902.
Cobourg completed in mid-1944 and saw the last year of the Atlantic Battle. The author served on her. |
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| 3405 | BORTHWICK, J. B. History of the 29th Canadian MTB Flotilla. 66p. Winnipeg, Man.: Winnipeg Naval Museum, 1991.
This book describes the 29th Flotilla, referred to as the "Fighting Sea Fleas." The complement of the 29th was later augmented by MTBs 485, 486,and 491 from the RN, but they were still manned by Canadian personnel, whose job was to keep the sea lanes open from the UK to the continent. |
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| 3406 | BURROW, Len, & BEAUDOIN, Emile. Unlucky Lady: The Life and Death of HMCS Athabaskan 1940–44. viii, 198p., illus., index. Stittsville, Ont.: Canada's Wings, 1982. ISBN: 0920002137.
A tribute to a Canadian Tribal. Completed in 1943 she was sunk in action in the Channel in 1944. |
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| 3407 | BUTCHER, Alan D. I Remember Haida.163p., illus. Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot, 1985. ISBN: 0889992878.
A brief history laced with crew members' reminiscences of the Tribal destroyer which is now preserved in Toronto. |
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| 3408 | DARLINGTON, Robert & McKEE, Fraser. Three Princes Armed: Luxury Liners to Warships. xviii, 206p., bibliog., illus., index. [n.p.]: authors, 2008. ISBN: 0981027407.
The Princes served as AMCs and as landing ships. An excellent account of their careers. |
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| 3409 | ESSEX, James W. Mutiny: The Odyssey of HMCS Uganda. ix, 139p., illus. Cobalt, Ont.: Highway Book Shop, 2000. ISBN: 0889544174.
HMS Uganda was transferred to the RCN and went on to serve in the Pacific. However the crew achieved the unique distinction of voting themselves out of the war and returned to Canada in July 1945. An autobiographical account by a CPO. |
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| 3410 | GOUGH, Barry M. HMCS Haida: Battle Ensign Flying. 255p., bibliog., illus., index. St Catharine's: Vanwell, 2001. ISBN: 1551250586
Haida was a Tribal Class destroyer and fought long and hard in the Arctic, with the Home Fleet and in the Channel. She later fought in Korea and her story is told in this book in part as a plea for her to be preserved as a national monument – a battle which was won. Notably well illustrated. |
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| 3411 | GREGORY, Walter. Memories of HMCS Trentonian, Alias K 368: Trenton's Own Ship. 72p.,illus. Trenton, Ont.: Branch 110 Royal Canadian Legion, [1979].
Trentonian was commissioned late in 1943 and served in the Neptune Operation and in the Atlantic where she was torpedoed and sunk in 1945 while escorting a convoy. |
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| 3412 | GUNNING, C. HMCS North Bay: One Ship's Role in War and Peace, 1943–1992. xvi, 112p. bibliog., illus. North Bay, Ont.: [author], 1995. 0969472145.
A member of the successful 9th Escort Group. |
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| 3413 | JOHNSON, Bill. The Prince Robert.22p. Sidney, B.C.: ViP Graphic Studio, 1988. Prince Robert was a Canadian Pacific passenger ship converted as an A/A cruiser and seeing service in almost every theatre of conflict. |
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| 3414 | JOYNT, Kevin J. P. Subchaser ML Q 072. 95p., bibliog., illus. Ottawa: [author], 1992.
These Canadian-built motor launches carried much of the unglamorous burden of inshore convoy and A/S work. |
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| 3415 | LAMONT, A.G.W. Guns Above, Steam Below in Canada's Navy of WWII. xii, 203p., bibliog., illus., index. Ely:Melrose,2006. ISBN: 1905226608.
This engaging memoir was first privately published in 2003 by the author. He was an engineer lieutenant in the RCNVR who served initially with Cobalt on the triangle run. But the bulk of the book concerns his service on Qu'Appelle, particularly service for the Normandy landings and with a notable account of Skeena's grounding and sinking. Towards the end of the war he served briefly on Battler then stood by Warrior in Belfast. |
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| 3416 | LAW, C. Anthony. White Plumes Astern: The Short Daring Life of Canada's MTB Flotilla. 170p., illus. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus, 1989. ISBN: 0921054270.
The short bloody and ultimately tragic career of a flotilla formed in February 1944, which fought in the Channel until destroyed in a fire at Ostend one year later. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author an Official War Artist as well as CO of the flotilla. An excellent book. |
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| 3417 | LITWILLER, Roger. Warships of the Bay of Quinte. 197p., illus. Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, 2011. ISBN: 1554889294.
Describes six Canadian navy ships which were named after the communities on the Bay of Quinte who sponsored them. The ships are the corvettes Napanee, Belleville and Trentonian. Hallowell was a frigate, while Quinte and Quinte (II) were minesweepers, the first in World War II and the second during the Cold War. |
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| 3418 | LONGSTAFF, F.V. H.M.C.S. Naden Naval Barracks: a History of Its Work, Senior Officers and Ships. 68p., illus., index. Victoria, B.C.: [author], 1952.
A pot-pourri of information and facts. A second edition was published in 1957. |
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| 3419 | LONGSTAFF, F. V. The Uganda in Action. 16p. Victoria, B.C.: [author], 1952.
A history of the ship from the laying of her keel in 1939 to her change of name to Quebec in 1951. Uganda served in the Mediterranean until badly damaged at Salerno. After an extensive repair and refit she re-commissioned in the RCN and served in the Far East. Reprinted from the Sunday magazine section of the Daily Colonist. |
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| 3420 | LYNCH, Mack. Orion - Mighty Warrior. xiv, 313p., illus. Toronto: Lugus, 1992. ISBN: 0921633033.
Canada filled a manpower shortage in the RN by training many radar officers. Lynch joined up in 1941 and after training went to the UK then to Orion, refitting in San Francisco. He spent two years with her, mainly in the Mediterranean, including the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. |
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| 3421 | LYNCH, Thomas G. Canada's Flowers: History of the Corvettes of Canada. 103p., bibliog., illus. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus, 1981. ISBN: 0920852157
A profusely illustrated book on the ships which were the backbone of the Atlantic Battle. |
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