THROUGH A CANADIAN PERISCOPE

 The story of the Canadian
  Submarine Service

BY
Julie H. Ferguson

 

The Canadian Submarine Service has overcome repeated attempts to sink it since 1914. Surprise, controversy, political expediency, and naval manipulation overflow its eighty-nine year history. Heroes, eccentrics and ordinary people populate this extraordinary story, epitomizing the true essence of the service.

Through a Canadian Periscope offers a colourful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service from it unexpected inauguration in British Columbia on the first day of the Great War to 1995.

After describing the activities of the submarine service during and after World War I, author Julie Ferguson details the careers of the Canadians who served with distinction in British submarines in all theatres of World War II, as well as the British submarines lent to the RCN to train their crews and escort groups. She goes on to examine the modern era, from the rebirth of the service in the 1960s to the present and provides little-known information which gives a new perspective on the controversial Conservative initiative for nuclear-powered boats in 1987. Above all, this vivid account celebrates the individuals who dedicated and in some instances gave their lives to the Canadian Submarine Service.

  
375 pages, 94 illustrations, 3 maps, 3 tables.
Appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index.
Hardcover $36.99 (US$32.50 / UK£22.00)
ISBN 1-55002-217-2
Published by: Dundurn Press Ltd. November 1995

"...a major contribution to our naval history." Maritime Affairs
"A wonderful story, very well told." Prof. A Watson, U of Toronto
"Ferguson excels..." USNI Proceedings

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Also enjoy Julie's second naval history book,
Deeply Canadian: New Submarines for a  New Millennium.
Released on December 2/00

Find Out More About Canada's
Submarine Service


Canada's First Submarines
*** How it all began ***

Canadian submariners in WW2
*** Twenty-six young men go to war***

Human torpedoes or
***The Canadian Charioteers***
1942-43

*** The O Boats ***

The Victoria class started to arrive in 2000
*** New Submarines for Canada***

About The Author

Julie Ferguson has been studying and writing about the Canadian Submarine Service for twenty years. Her interest in it began when, as a naval reserve officer, she visited HMCS/M Okanagan and her crew. Her articles have appeared in Legion magazine, Sea Power, Sentinel, Vanguard, and Resolution, and her latest submarine book, Deeply Canadian was released on 2 Dec 00. Not only is Julie a successful author, she is an accomplished speaker and trainer and runs Beacon Literary Services. Julie is married to James, a former captain of HMCS Okanagan and they have one daughter.

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