Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their Stories
by Johnston, Mac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0075513811
- ISBN 13
- 9780075513810
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
24 pages of b/w photos. 1st Edition. An Excerpt: "The Canadian Escort Group C-2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. These six and the RN corvette Kenilworth Castle combined to sink U-744 in the North Atlantic, in a prolonged drama on March 5 and 6, 1944. At 32 hours, this was the second-longest successful hunt of the war."
Synopsis
The Canadian escort group C 2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the Corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. these six and the RN corvette Kenilworth castle combined to sing U-744 in the North Atlantic in a prolonged drama on March 5 and 6, 1944. At 32 hours, this the second-longest successful hunt of the war. Chilliwack able seaman Ralph Chartrand recalls the action: When the sub started to surface, everything that could shoot went into action and we fired all we could. While the crew of U-744 was jumping out of the conning tower, St. Catharines was closing in, but our captain outmanoeuvred Chilliwack in front to make sure that this was our sub. He gave the order "Prepare to ram," but soon the sub was empty, so we didn't ram. We lowered a lifeboat with a boarding party and they proceeded to U-744. While the lifeboat was tied to the sub, some members boarded the sub. then a big wa...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178SB
- Title
- Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans of WWII Tell Their Stories
- Author
- Johnston, Mac
- Format/Binding
- Blue paper-covered boards w/Blue e.p.'s
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0075513811
- ISBN 13
- 9780075513810
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Ryerson
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Montreal
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 310 pp.
- Size
- 8 vo.
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children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.