Informative Resources
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Military Links
Government Links
Associations
Historical Ship Links
Naval and Military History
Publications
Museums
Sponsor Links
Regional Visitor Links
Military Links
Canadian Forces
The Home Page of the Canadian Forces.
Royal Canadian Navy
Visit this site to find out all about the Royal Canadian Navy.
US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard official site.
Canadian Coast Guard
Here is our own Coast Guard site.
Naval Reserve
Find out about our part-time sailors. They do a great job with little credit.
Government Links
Veterans Affairs Canada
There is a wealth of knowledge for everyone, especially veterans.
Directorate of History
Some of our best authors of WWII books work for the Directorate of History.
Associations
Australian Naval Warfare Officers Association
An excellent link for all Naval warfare officers and interested civilians.
The Royal Canadian Naval Association
This is the website of the Association.
Navy League of Canada
Find out about this great community-led, volunteer-based organization, perhaps you could join?
Naval Association of Canada
The Naval Officers’ Association of Canada was established in 1945 by former regular and reserve force officers with the goal of providing a forum in which they could maintain their interest in and support for the naval service of Canada. Join up, there’s no Middle Watch!
Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia
RUSI, incorporated in 1928, serves as a discussion and education forum on Canadian defence and security issues. The 200 members of the Institute, including serving and retired officers and members of the Canadian Forces, RCMP, other security agencies, business, industry, community leaders and other interested individuals carry out a number of activities. Visit the site for details.
HMCS Venture
This web site is dedicated to perpetuating the memory of HMCS Venture and the hundreds of young officers who trained there.
The Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club, St. John’s NL
Visit the historic Crow’s Nest, the officer’s club for the Corvettes serving on WWII North Atlantic convoy escort duties.
The Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl (US Coast Guard Aviation)
An interesting and fun site about USCG aviation.
US Naval Armed Guard
We exchanged websites with this US group, a great site about some little known sailors who supported the war effort.
Historical Ship Links
This site honours both the Ship and the enemy.
HMCS Haida
This is an excellent site honouring another war veteran.
The official website for Haida, very impressive watch the video!
HMCS Trentonian
This site provides an excellent history of another corvette.
Historical Naval Ships Association
Sackville and Haida, among others are featured in this American site.
US Navy and Coast Guard Corvettes
This is an interesting site. Who knew the US had corvettes?
Flower Class Corvette
This site contains a wealth of information about Flower Class Corvettes. HMCS Sackville is discussed, of course.
Canadian Coastal Forces Trust
Go to this link to learn about a group of individuals who are seeking to preserve the last Canadian Motor Torpedo Boat from World War II. She is MTB 486, the command of the Senior Officer of the 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla, LCdr C. Tony Law
Project Liberty Ship
Project Liberty Ship owns and operates one of only two surviving, operational World War II Liberty ships, SS JOHN W BROWN. While it is unlikely that the BROWN was in Halifax during the war, hundreds of her sister Liberty ships found themselves in Halifax, often more than once, as Atlantic convoys were formed or returned. SS JOHN W BROWN visited Halifax in 1994 after her restoration.
Naval and Military History
Pat Burstall’s Canadian Navy Prints
We have some of these Limited Edition prints in our Gift Shop, only fifty dollars! A great way to support Sackville.
Naval History
A British site, always with something new.
Ocean Waves
Ocean Waves is an Internet based independent body dedicated to promoting the historical aspects of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth Navies. There’s an interesting discussion of the RCN.
Topsites
A webpage with many great sites – Including HMCS Sackville.
WWII and Military Nostalgia Site
This is the Hillman’s personal website, well worth visiting.
RCN Orders and Awards
The majority of the site relates to the Honours and Awards of World War Two with some details on World War One, Korea, the post-war era and Canadians in the Royal Navy prior to World War One. Awards and Citations to the Merchant Navy are also included.
Canadian Battlefields
This is a great site, commemorating Canada’s great contributions to past battles.
Canadian Military History Gateway
This excellent site is very useful for the casual browser or a serious researcher. You should set an alarm so you can come out for dinner.
Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today
Another excellent examination of our Navy’s origins and current state.
Hazegray
is one of the web’s finest sites dedicated to ships and navies. It offers a wide array of resources related to naval history, current naval affairs, shipbuilding, maritime history, and naval and maritime photography.
Convoy PQ17
This is the wartime Diary of Jack Bowman. More specifically the diary he kept whilst taking part in one of the most infamous convoys of World War Two – the arctic convoy, Convoy PQ17. This diary details the thoughts and experiences of a seaman aboard one of the Convoy PQ17 escorts, the Flower Class corvette, HMS La Malouine.
The Memory Project
The Memory Project is a non-profit organization with the goal of creating an unprecedented archive of Canada’s participation in the Second World War and the Korean War. The largest oral history archive in Canada, the Memory Project has collected more than 2000 veteran stories and included them in our digital archive.
Leith Shipyards, Scotland
Few warships epitomize the Atlantic war more than the lowly Flower-class corvette. An auxiliary vessel hastily built to mercantile standards and pushed into service by the score, with poor equipment and green crews, the corvette was hardly a match for Germany’s U-boat fleet. Nor did it inspire the imagination—except perhaps in perverse ways—of those who served in them.
Publications
My RCN
This is the website of Thomas Ross Spowart, a former sailor and current drummer boy who began this site to hook up with his old wingers (friends) and it has become this magnificent site, well worth reviewing.
Canadian Naval Review
The Canadian Naval Review is published quarterly by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. It is a professional journal examining a wide range of naval issues from a Canadian perspective with particular emphasis on the strategic concepts, policies, procurement programs and operations of the Canadian Navy.
Navy Books
Here is a new link to a UK bookseller based in Cornwall, England. They are specialist publishers of books on the Royal Navy and also stock naval books and DVDs from other publishers. They provide a worldwide mail order service. They also publish a full colour bi-monthly magazine WARSHIP WORLD.
Museum Links
The Battle of the Atlantic Museum.
This is a remarkable museum with many unique exhibits of U-boat memorabilia. It is worth serious consideration as a destination for visitors to Vancouver Island.
Canadian Museum of Civilization
There are excellent links here, check out the Military History link.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
It tells the story of Halifax, which was founded as a British Naval Base in 1749, and the western terminus of convoys supplying the Allies during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Canadian War Museum
Visit the incomparable Canadian War Museum.
The Military Museums of Calgary
Many interesting naval artifacts including such naval aircraft as the Sea Fury which flew from HMCS Magnificent
The Naval Museum of Manitoba
Another Naval Museum from the prairies!
The Naval Museum of Quebec
This is a well designed site, with much to discover.
Maritime Command Museum
The Museum of the Canadian Navy’s Maritime Command. A MUST visit when you come to Halifax. An historic house dating from 1818 built as an offial residence for the British admiral during the 1800s.
Shearwater Aviation Museum
Visit this site to learn about the fabulous Shearwater Aviation Museum (SAM).
PORT Maritime Information Gateway
This British site is described as: “A premier portal of high quality maritime resources on the internet”. This is a fascinating site where it is easy to get lost.
Juno Beach Centre
Visit this amazing site, dedicated to our fighting men.
Naval and Maritime Museums List International
This is a great ‘catalogue’ of museums and websites.
War Monuments in Canada
This site lists all the war monuments in Canada by province. visit Nova Scotia and see the new memorial for the Merchant Navy. You will also find a description of the Halifax Sailors’ Memorial.
Sponsor Links
Royal Canadian Navy / Marine …
Welcome to the Royal Canadian Navy’s Official Website.
Irving Shipbuilding – Facilities – Halifax Shipyard
Halifax Shipyard provides a complete range of services for new-build up to 115m and ship repair for vessels up to Panamax size.
Cobham Tracking and Locating Inc.
Lockheed Martin Canada
One of the world’s largest defence contractors. Lockheed-Martin is developing and installing the new combat systems in Canada’s Patrol Frigates
Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering Limited
LIFE™ – Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering Limited Located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada has provided products and services to the marine industry since 1891.
Revolve
Changing how investors connect with information. We create compelling content, captivating visuals, and viral media that can accelerate your investor outreach.
PUSSER’s Rum
The single malt original navy rum produced in the British Virgin Islands. No rum is more akin to the sea and the sailor than Pusser’s Rum the Original Navy Rum.
Regional Visitor Links
City of Halifax
Check out what Halifax has to offer.
Halifax Airport Hotels
Halifax International Airport serves the Halifax Regional Municipality and most of the neighbouring areas. With several hotels, attractions, and dining options in the area, Halifax is the perfect host. A good resource site for visitors planning to travel in the area
Halifax Burns Club
True to Scottish tradition these members are not only supporters of Robbie himself and the ‘Wee Dram” but they are a supporter of the Sackville Trust by holding meetings onboard. Other local organisations are encouraged to do the same.
