Canadian Naval Technical History Association

This page has been developed to list publications, papers and presentations of interest to those wishing to learn more about Canada's Naval Technical History. Visitors are encouraged to check back from time to time as additional publications, papers or presentations may have been posted while you were away.

Publications

[None at this time]

Papers

1. A general overview of events leading to the very significant Canadian material contribution to World War II and the Cold War - by Rolfe Monteith - received in the summer of 2009.

2. The Story of the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Project (TRUMP), prepared by Tony Thatcher (version date 11 January, 2009).

3. The DDH 280 Story, prepared for CANDIB by Douglas Hearnshaw. This is a work in progress as CANDIBers and others contribute to this very informative paper.

4. Basement Project turns up in Museum of Science & Technology by Tom Bennett extracted from a fax of a page taken from De Havilland's "Plane Facts" publication - the 3 September, 1995 edition - provided by Tom Bennett.

5. "HMCS BRAS D'OR - The Ship that Flew", recollections from Tom Bennett, De Havilland engineer and one of the key personnel involved in the design, build and trials of Canada's ocean-going hydrofoil.

6.  "The Multi-Ship Refit Program for Steam Destroyers, a Review of Recent Experience" a report by Captain(N) D.H. Benn, Commander R.E. Chiasson and Lieutenant Commander R.J. Houle from 2 Canadian Forces Technical Services Agency, Montreal dated 22 September, 1980 - provided to CNTHA/CANDIB by Captain(N) R.E. Chiasson (Ret'd).

Presentations

1. A presentation by the CNTHA Chairman to NOAC Ottawa Branch Members in the HMCS BYTOWN Crowsnest, 3 November, 2008.

2. A presentation to interested parties in HMCS BYTOWN, 15 April, 2004, presented by the CNTHA Chairman. Here is the report with an internal link to the presentation.

3. A presentation to the NOAC Montreal Branch Members on 22 January, 1982 by then Commander R.E. Chiasson entitled  "Maintaining the Old, while anticipating the New (Refitting/Updating of Steam Destroyers)". Unfortunately, there are no slides to accompany the text, but the text is quite comprehensive and provides some interesting insights into the multi-ship refit concept.