This is the story of six of Canada’s Warships HMCS Napanee,
Belleville, Hallowell, Trentonian, Quinte (I), and Quinte (II).
These histories give a unique account of the small ships that
were the backbone of the Canadian Navy during the Second World
War and the Cold War. The stories record the accomplishments of
these hardworking ships as well as the mistakes. This rich and
vivid account of an important part of Canada’s Naval Service
draws from the records of the ships, interviews with their
crews, letters, diaries, newspaper articles, community libraries
and photographs. You will learn about HMCS Napanee as she fights
a five day battle against twenty-four German submarines in on
one of Canada’s most tragic convoy battles. Be with HMCS
Belleville as she fights to rescue a torpedoed merchant ship and
find out about how a German submarine sinks the HMCS Trentonian
late in the war killing six of her crew. This book is the first
work of history by the author and unfortunately it shows. A
short list of errata is as