During World War II, the frigate Swansea distinguished herself as a submarine hunter-killer, a role in which she is described as "absolutely the best". Swansea was involved in the destruction of four U-boats, more than any other Royal Canadian naval vessel.
The author's previous book, "The Canadian Naval Chronicle, contains a chapter which gives brief details of Canadian merchant ship sinkings. While Fraser McKee and co-author Robert Darlington were researching those often tragic stories it became apparent they deserved a fuller treatment in a book of their own. Here as a result are sixty accounts of ...
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Houstons Standard Publications
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover. 69 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. A nicely prepared soft cover with many photos and much history. 8 VO Non Fiction Nautical A Brief History Of The Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, It's Predecessors and Sussessors, on it's 50th Anniversary. A nice clean copy from a smokefree environment read more
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