49. Ibid.
50. Ibid.
51. “Naval Message,” August 4, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
52. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
53. Ibid.
54. Keir, discussion, June 2002.
55. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.
Chapter 10
1. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
2. Ibid.
3. “Record of Sick Bay Cases,” January 10, 1945.
4. “Operations of the Royal Canadian Navy in United Kingdom Waters, after September 20, 1944,” Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage. File 81/520/8000, box 105, file 5.
5. Ibid.
6. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 158.
13. “Naval Message,” August 23, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
14. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 172–74.
18. Ibid., 175–77.
19. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
20. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 158.
21. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
22. Ibid.
23. “Naval Message,” August 26, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
24. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” August 1944.
25. Harold and Keir, interviews, August 3, 2002.
26. “Record of Sick Bay Cases,” January 10, 1945.
27. Ibid.
28. Gosskie, interview, February 23, 2002.
29. “Naval Message,” September 1, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
30. “Naval Message,” September 4, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
31. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” September 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 40.
38. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” September 1944.
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid.
42. Ibid.
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid.
45. “Naval Message,” November 1, 1944. Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, file 81/520/8000, box 12 file 5.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid.
48. Ibid.
49. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 20.
50. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” September 1944.
51. Ibid.
52. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 39.
53. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” September 1944.
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid.
58. Sharp, discussion, June 6, 2012.
59. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid.
62. Coates, email, January 5, 2011.
63. Sharp, discussion, June 6, 2012.
64. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 39.
65. Sharp, discussion, June 6, 2012.
66. Ibid.
67. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 39.
68. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944.
69. “HMCSTrentonian, Nominal lists — Personnel Changes,” October 10, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file CS-161-86-7.
Chapter 11
1. “Operations of the Royal Canadian Navy in United Kingdom Waters, after September 20, 1944.” Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, file 81/520/8000, box 105b file 5.
2. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. W.E. Harrison, “Report of Proceedings – Escort of Phoenix Convoy,” October 21, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Rear Admiral B. Fairbairn, FOIC Milford Haven to Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches, October 30, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 185–88.
38. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944.
39. “Naval Message.” Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-2.
40. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944.
41. “HMCSTrentonian, Nominal lists — Personnel Changes,” October 28, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-7.
42. “Record of Sick Bay Cases,” January 10, 1945.
Chapter 12
1. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” October 1944.
2. “Naval Message,” November 1, 1944. Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, file 81/520/8000, box 12, file 5.
3. Ibid.
4. “Officer Was to Wed,”Toronto Star, March 24, 1945.
5. “Record of Sick Bay Cases,” January 10, 1945.
6. Ibid.
7. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, November 11, 1944. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
8. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 41.
9. Ibid., 43.
10. Ibid., 19.
11. “Naval Message,” November 7, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-7.
12. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, November 11, 1944. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
13. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” November 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. “Report of Proceedings, Convoy EBC 38,” December 15, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 Vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 42.
34. “Report of Proceedings, Convoy EBC 38,” December 15, 1944.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid.
41. “Naval Message,” November 18, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713, file CS 161-86-7.
42. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 44.
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43. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” November 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 193–95
47. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” November 1944.
48. Ibid.
49. “Naval Message,” November 30, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
50. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” December 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
51. Ibid.
52. Ibid.
Chapter 13
1. “Operations of the Royal Canadian Navy in United Kingdom Waters, after September 20, 1944.” Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, HMCSTrentonian, file 81/520/8000, box 105, file 5.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” December 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 4107, file 1156-332/109.
12. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, January 6, 1945. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
13. Ibid.
14. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, telegram, December 20, 1944. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
15. “Naval Message,” December 21, 1944. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-1.
16. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” December 1944.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 42.
21. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 196–99.
22. Bill Shields, interview with author, February 23, 2002.
23. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 43.
24. Ibid., 42.
25. “Monthly Report of Proceeding,” December 1944.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Canadian Naval Mission Overseas to Canadian Liaison Officer, Milford Haven, January 5, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-3.
29. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, January 6, 1945. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
30. “Naval Message,” January 8, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
31. “Naval Message,” January 13, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
32. “Naval Message ,” January 16, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11713.
33. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, January 25, 1945. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
34. “Naval Message,” January 26, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-1.
Chapter 14
1. “Skipper Recalls Trentonian Sinking,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
2. Roger Glassco, interview with author, July 16, 2001.
3. “Report — List of Defects,” January 30, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG 24 vol. 11071, file 41-88-1.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Doug Excell to Hazel Farley, [date?]. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
7. Shields, interview, February 23, 2002.
8. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
9. Shields, interview, February 23, 2002.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
16. W.E. Harrison to Hazel Farley, January 25, 1945. City of Quinte West Public Library, Hazel Farley Collection.
17. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 43–44.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
22. “Operations of the Royal Canadian Navy in United Kingdom Waters, after September 20, 1944.” Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, HMCSTrentonian, file 81/520/8000, box 105, file 5.
23. “Naval Message,” February 21, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file 161-86-2.
24. Max Corkum, interview with the author, June 2, 2001.
25. Keir, e-mail, April 2004.
26. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN.” Board of Inquiry, 24 February 1945 Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 6889, file NSS 8870-332/109.
27. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
28. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 Vol. 6889, file NSS 8870-332/109.
29. Les Majoros, interview with author, February 23, 2002.
Chapter 15
1. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
2. Ibid.
3. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 49.
4. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
5. Ibid.
6. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
7. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
8. Ibid.
9. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 57.
10. Ibid.
11. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
12. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
13. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. “Naval Message,” February 22, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG 24 vol. 11739, file CS 161-86-1.
23. Shields, interview, February 23, 2002.
24. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
25. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
26. Ibid.
27. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
28. Frank Barron, interview with the author, March 23, 2004.
29. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Keir, discussion, June 2002.
33. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
34. “Ship Sank in Ten Minutes; Men Sang Awaiting Rescue,”Toronto Daily Star, March 26, 1945.
35. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
36. Coates, e-mail, January 5, 2011.
37. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
38. Ibid.
39. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
40. Jack MacIver, discussion with author, October 24, 2001.
41. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
42. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant
, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
43. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
44. “Report of Disposal of CB’s and SP’s,” February 24, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file CS 161-86-1.
45. Keir, discussion, June 2002.
46. Coates, email, January 5, 2011.
47. Gordon Gibbons, discussion with the author, April 17, 2005.
48. Majoros, interview, February 23, 2002.
49. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 57.
50. “Loss of Trentonian,” press release, March 26, 1945. Department of National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage, HMCSTrentonian, file 81/520/8000, box 105, file 5.
51. Shields, interview, February 23, 2002.
52. MacIver, discussion, October 24, 2001.
53. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
54. “Ship Sank in Ten Minutes,”Toronto Daily Star, March 26, 1945.
55. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
56. Roger Glassco, son of Colin Glassco, RCNVR in discussion with the author.
57. “Ship Sank in Ten Minutes,”Toronto Daily Star, March 26, 1945.
Chapter 16
1. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
2. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
3. Ibid.
4. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
5. McKee and Darlington,Canadian Naval Chronicles, 208–09.
6. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 58.
7. “Ship Sank in Ten Minutes,”Toronto Daily Star, March 26, 1945.
8. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 58.
9. “Skipper Recalls,”The Trentonian, May 7, 1979.
10. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
11. Ibid.
12. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, pg 58.
13. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
14. “Report of Proceeding — Sinking of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Colin Glassco, Lieutenant, Commanding Officer,” February 24, 1945.
15. Gregory,Memories of HMCS Trentonian, 59.
16. NLCC Trentonian, file “Loss of TRENTONIAN.”
17. “Naval Message,” February 23, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file CS 161-86-1.
18. “HMCS TRENTONIAN — List of Survivors.” Library and Archives Canada, RG24 Vol. 11755.
19. “Loss of HMCS TRENTONIAN — Board of Inquiry,” February 24, 1945.
20. Keith Atkinson, letter to author, January 5, 2002.
21. “Naval Message,” February 23, 1945. Library and Archives Canada, RG24 vol. 11739, file CS 161-86-1.
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