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The Canadian Navy played an important role in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939-1940. Until the US entered the war in late 1941 the RCN gave the Royal Navy the vital help it so badly needed.
Canada had no navy to speak of in 1939 but ended the war in 1945 with the third largest navy in the world with over 90,000 men and over 400 ships.
The most important ship of the RCN was the corvette. The RCN had 80 Flower class corvettes and 45 Modified Flower class corvettes. They also had 59 River class frigates.
Canadian Losses to U-boats
15 RCN ships were sunk and 4 more destroyed by the U-boats.Canadian Victories over U-boats
30 U-boats were sunk through the efforts of the RCN Deadly Seas Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H. Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: 50 North, Easton, Alan, 1980 A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007 Cadillac of Destroyers, Barrie, Ron and Macpherson, Ken, 1996 Canada's Submariners, Perkins, J. David, 1989 The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939-1945, Darlington, Robert and McKee, Fraser M., 1998 Canadian Submarine Service in Review, Perkins, J. David, 2000 Deadly Seas, Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H., 1997 (transl.) H.M.C.S., Milne, Gilbert A., 1960 HMCS Haida: Battle Ensign Flying, Gough, Barry M., 2001 HMCS Swansea, McKee, Fraser M., 1994 In Peril on the Sea, Graves, Donald E., 2003 The Longest Battle, Harbron, John D., 1993 North Atlantic Run, Milner, Marc, 1985 On The Triangle Run, Lamb, James B., 2000 The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1918 - 1981, Macpherson, Ken and Burgess, John, 1981 Through a Canadian Periscope, Ferguson, Julie H., 1995 The U-Boat Hunters, Milner, Marc, 1994 U-boats Against Canada, Hadley, Michael, 1990 (transl.) |