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Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans Of World War II Tell Their True Stories
by Mac Johnston
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0470154292
- ISBN 13
- 9780470154298
- Seller
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Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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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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- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230580
- Title
- Corvettes Canada: Convoy Veterans Of World War II Tell Their True Stories
- Author
- Mac Johnston
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0470154292
- ISBN 13
- 9780470154298
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Mississauga, Ont
- Date Published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2008411363
- Bookseller catalogs
- Auto/Biography; History / WW2; Armed Forces / Navy;
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