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Haida: a Story of the Hard Fighting Tribal Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy on the Murmansk Convoy, the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
Sclater, William; Barris, Ted; Macdonald, Grant
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Description for Haida: a Story of the Hard Fighting Tribal Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy on the Murmansk Convoy, the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
Paperback. An action-packed, first-hand account of Canada's most famous naval warship and her exploits during the Second World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
This action-packed, first-hand account chronicles the mission of Canada's most famous naval warship from her commissioning in 1943 to her return to Halifax for a refit in late 1944. The ship began her career on convoy duty from Britain to Murmansk, and the book includes a vivid description of the battle between the HMS Duke of York and the German Scharnhorst that led to the Scharnhorst's destruction. Haida went on to patrol the French coast in the months leading up to D-Day, and then with her sister ships guarded the Western Approaches on D-Day itself, sinking two German destroyers and ... Read more
This action-packed, first-hand account chronicles the mission of Canada's most famous naval warship from her commissioning in 1943 to her return to Halifax for a refit in late 1944. The ship began her career on convoy duty from Britain to Murmansk, and the book includes a vivid description of the battle between the HMS Duke of York and the German Scharnhorst that led to the Scharnhorst's destruction. Haida went on to patrol the French coast in the months leading up to D-Day, and then with her sister ships guarded the Western Approaches on D-Day itself, sinking two German destroyers and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Canada Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780195447934
SKU
V9780195447934
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sclater, William; Barris, Ted; Macdonald, Grant
William Sclater worked as a merchant seaman, rubber planter in Malaysia, and journalist before joining the Royal Canadian Navy as an officer in the Second World War. He later worked in public relations. Haida won the Governor General's Award for nonfiction in 1947.
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