The Flower Class Corvette, Agassiz
The Flower Class Corvette, Agassiz

Author: John McKay

Publisher: St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and comprehensive text. Each book contains over 200 keyed line drawings as well as full descriptions of their design, construction, general arrangement, hull structure, operational history, and much moore. Numerous close-up and on-board photographs help to rekindle memories of these ships' exciting pasts.

The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz
The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz

Author: John McKay

Publisher: Anova Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780851779751

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Part of the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series, this is a unique description of one of the most famous of all escort vessels.

The Sailing Frigate
The Sailing Frigate

Author: ROBERT GARDINER

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1612519474

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The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world. Many of the models are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the Royal Navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. Now available in paperback, this book tells the story of the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. It includes a large number of model photos all in full-color as well as close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, The Sailing Frigate weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history. While the series will be of particular interest to ship modelers, all those with an interest in ship design and development will be attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.

Flower Class Corvettes
Flower Class Corvettes

Author: John Lambert

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2010-10-30

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1783469609

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A guide to creating models of the World War II warship, featuring history on the ship as well as crafting tips. The “ShipCraft” series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles, highly detailed line drawings, and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. This volume includes all the features of the regular series, but the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of a class of ship that was built in huge numbers and in many variations. Mainstay of the Atlantic battle against the U-boats, Flower class corvettes were used by the British, Canadian, French, and U.S. Navies. “An excellent guide to an important ship in the Second World War, for modeler and maritime enthusiasts alike.” —The Nautical Magazine

The Submarine Alliance
The Submarine Alliance

Author: John Lambert

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and full descriptions of each ship's design, construction, operational history, and much more.

Flower Class Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy
Flower Class Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.Org

Published: 2013-09-12

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781230517544

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: HMCS Agassiz (K129), HMCS Alberni (K103), HMCS Asbestos (K358), HMCS Baddeck (K147), HMCS Battleford (K165), HMCS Bittersweet (K182), HMCS Brantford (K218), HMCS Buctouche (K179), HMCS Calgary (K231), HMCS Camrose (K154), HMCS Chambly (K116), HMCS Charlottetown (1941), HMCS Chilliwack (K131), HMCS Cobalt (K124), HMCS Dauphin (K157), HMCS Dawson (K104), HMCS Eyebright (K150), HMCS Fredericton (K245), HMCS Galt (K163), HMCS Halifax (K237), HMCS Kamloops (K176), HMCS Kenogami (K125), HMCS Kitchener (K225), HMCS Levis (K115), HMCS Long Branch (K487), HMCS Mayflower (K191), HMCS Moncton (K139), HMCS Moose Jaw (K164), HMCS Napanee (K118), HMCS Oakville (K178), HMCS Pictou (K146), HMCS Quesnel (K133), HMCS Regina (K234), HMCS Rimouski (K121), HMCS Riviere du Loup (K357), HMCS Rosthern (K169), HMCS Sackville (K181), HMCS Shediac (K110), HMCS Snowberry (K166), HMCS Sudbury (K162), HMCS Summerside (K141), HMCS Trillium (K172), HMCS West York (K369), HMCS Wetaskiwin (K175), HMCS Weyburn (K173), HMCS Windflower (K155). Excerpt: HMCS Sackville was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the last surviving Flower-class corvette. Sackville was laid down as Patrol Vessel 2 at the Saint John Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Saint John, New Brunswick in early 1940, the second of the Flower-class corvettes ordered by the Royal Canadian Navy. She was launched on 15 May 1941 by Mrs. J. E. W. Oland, wife of the captain of the port, with the Mayor and entire town council of her namesake town in attendance. Sackville was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 30 December 1941 by Captain J. E. W. Oland, husband of the ship's sponsor. Her first commanding officer, Lieutenant W. R. Kirkland, RCNR was...

Plumes from Paradise
Plumes from Paradise

Author: Pamela Swadling

Publisher: Sydney University Press

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1743325460

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The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.