Guardians of the North

Name: Guardians of the North | Canadian Warships and Maritime Aircraft, 1910-2025
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Canadian Warships and Maritime Aircraft, 1910-2025

Richard H. Gimblett Karl Gagnon(Autor*in)

Dundurn Press

Erschienen am 9. Dezember 2025

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Contents
Foreword (by Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, CMM, MSM, CD, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy)
Foreword (by Lieutenant General Eric Kenny, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force)
Introduction
Part 1: Ships
1. The Proto-Navy: CGS/HMCS Canada
2. The Beginning: Rainbow and Niobe
3. Other Government Ships of the First World War
4. Submarines of the First World War: CC 1 and CC 2, and CH 14 and CH 15
5. Armed Yachts of the First World War
6. Trawlers, Drifters, and the Battle Class
7. The Interwar "Occasional" Fleet
8. The Rolls-Royces: River-Class Destroyers
9. Wartime Inshore Minesweepers
10. The Mighty Tribals: Tribal-Class Destroyers
11. Corvettes: Flowers and Castles
12. Other Government Department Ships of the Second World War
13. Armed Yachts of the Second World War and the Fishermen's Reserve
14. The Princes: The Armed Merchant Cruisers
15. Town-Class (Border River) Destroyers
16. Bangor-Class Minesweepers
17. Algerine-Class Minesweepers
18. Frigates: Rivers and Lochs
19. Coastal Forces (Home Waters): Fairmile Bs, Depot Ships, and Dun-Class Oilers
20. Coastal Forces (Overseas): Motor Torpedo Boats and Landing Craft
21. Escort Aircraft Carriers
22. The Last Cruisers
23. The Emergency (Intermediate) Destroyers
24. The Postwar Aircraft Carriers
25. The Cadillacs: St. Laurent-Class Destroyers and Successors
26. Prestonian-Class Frigate Conversion
27. Modified Wind-Class Icebreaker Labrador
28. Bay-Class Minesweepers
29. The "Pig Boats": Porte-Class Gate Vessels
30. Cape-Class Escort Maintenance Vessels
31. Sail Training Vessels Venture and Oriole
32. From Seaward Defence to Reserve Training: The Bird Class, YAGs, and Others
33. The "O-Boats": Oberon-Class Submarines
34. The West Coast Submarines
35. "One-Stop Shopping/The Tankers"
36. "The Flying 400": Experimental Hydrofoil Bras d'Or
37. Research Auxiliaries: CFAVs Quest and Endeavour
38. "Sisters of the Space Age": The Iroquois-Class Destroyers
39. Diving Support Vessel Cormorant
40. Canadian Patrol Frigates: The Halifax Class
41. Minesweeping Auxiliaries: Anticosti and Moresby
42. Kingston-Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels
43. Victoria-Class Submarines
44. Orca-Class Patrol/Training Craft
45. Harry DeWolf-Class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels
46. Joint Support Ships: Asterix and the Protecteur Class
47. River-Class Guided-Missile Destroyers
Part 2: Shipborne Aircraft
48. Origins: The RCN Air Branch, Shore Establishments, and Miscellaneous Aircraft
49. Naval Fighters: The Seafire, Sea Fury, and Banshee
50. Carrier-Borne Strike and Antisubmarine Aircraft: Firefly and Avenger
51. CS2F/CP-121 De Havilland Canada Tracker
52. Early Naval Helicopters
53. CHSS-2/CH-124 Sikorsky Sea King Helicopter
54. CH-148 Sikorsky Cyclone Helicopter
Part 3: RCAF-Operated Maritime Patrol Aircraft
55. The Evolution of Maritime Patrol: From Stranraer to Neptune
56. CL-28/CP-107 Canadair Argus
57. CP-140 Lockheed Aurora
58. CP-8A Boeing Poseidon
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Appendix A: Principal Ship Classes
Appendix B: Aircraft Type Specifications
Appendix C: RCN/CAF/RCAF Naval-Maritime Aircraft Squadrons
Appendix D: Weapon Fits and Calibre Conversions
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A Note on Sources
Notes
Select Bibliography
Image Credits
General Index
Index of Ships and Aircraft
About the Authors
Back Cover

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