Navy RCN from Naval Marine Archive

C. J. Musson and Associates, Toronto, 1985 first edition. 103 p. profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings/diagrams, data sheets. The Royal Canadian Navy had been in existence for 20 years before acquiring the first fighting ship actually built to its order. These were the destroyers 'Saguenay' and 'Skeena' who, with four other 'River class' units made up the tiny offensive… Read more about this item

Aylmer Press, Aylmer ON, 1988, xv, 287 p., 28 cm, ill. b/w, includes index. Very good -decorated gilt. Canadian seamen who joined the RCN and went to England and served on RN ships. A history of a group of 150 Canadian naval reservists who were recruited into the Royal Navy in 1940 They received an accelerated officers training regime… Read more about this item

Neptune Developments, Victoria, BC 1993-1995, Vol. 1 covers the history beaten 1945 and 1954 and Vol. 2. the years 1954 to 1969. 340 p. and 498 p. with b/w photos. very good/very good. Volume one describes the needs of the convoys for protection and as Canada took more responsibility the Canadian Air Branch of the Navy needed aircraft carriers and… Read more about this item

SeaWaves Books, N. Vancouver, 2011, 271 p. illus bw . George Leslie Stephens was orphaned at an early age and then at fourteen, became an apprentice at HMS Dockyard to qualify for an engine fitter. Six years later, while employed at Devonport Dockyard he was working on a cruiser that was slated to become part of the Canadian… Read more about this item

Methuen and Son, Toronto, 1986, first edition, 143 p. Ill, b/w photos; 26 cm, very good/very good. Royal Canadian Navy aircraft, carriers, aviation, WWI, WWII, and types of planes flown.

Royal Canadian Military Institute Heritage Society, Shelburne, ON. 2000 imp. xvi, 418 p., 8 p. contributors listed. Fine/fine. The author described the young sailors who left home for the first time, had never seen a ship and lived in crowed quarters and shared the sorrow when a ship was lost; all as part of their service in the Royal Canadian… Read more about this item

McClelland and Stewart, 1981 and 1983. 1982 reprint and 1983 1st. very good/good.

Corvus, 1989. poor. water damage. A special edition of Wings Newspaper.  Canada celebrates 40 years with NATO.

McClelland and Stewart, 1981 and 1983. 1982 reprint and 1983 reprint. very good/good. The Dark Broad Seas is Volume 1 of RAdm Brock's memoirs "With many voices" and covers the period from 1939 to the end of the Korean War. The Thunder and the Sunshine (ISBN 0-7710-1625-5, 1982) breaks the silence of Brock's controversy with Hellyer in a… Read more about this item

Macmillan, 1962. 1st. fair. Canada’s Navy in World War II 156 pages

by Authority of the Minister of National Defence, 1961. The Canadian contribution to Allied sea power during World War II from the North Atlantic to Italy and the far east. Appendices include lists of Principle ships of the RCN. 527 pages

hb, King's Printer Ottawa, 1952. 1st. good. ex lib. The official history of the Naval Service of Canada. Activities on shore during the Second World War,  579 pages.