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Beginning in 2002, there was a list promulgated detailing the contents of the CNTHA collection. The Collection has been updated several times since that time with the most recent taking place in 2006.
The Scope of the Collection
Collection consists of material supporting the Canadian Naval Technical History Association's (CNTHA) Naval Technical History Project in regards to the technical advances made by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in the years following the Second World War. Includes books, articles, papers, booklets, notes and various other documents covering a wide variety of subjects, including shipbuilding, ship repairing, Canadian patrol frigates, engineering, helicopters, hydrofoils, sonar, history, organization, personnel, submarines, training and weapons. Also includes books and magazines pertaining to marine and naval architecture, technical drawings of HMCS Crescent and HMCS Crusader during the 1950s and 1960s, a United Aircraft of Canada design and acquisition proposal regarding the DDH 280 class main propulsion machinery, transcripts of interviews by the Canadian Navy Defence Industrial Base (CANDIB), and developments in Canadian naval sonar technology. There are 6 series:
I. Naval Technical History Project material
II. Marine/Naval Architecture Books and Magazines
III. Ships’ Technical Drawings
IV. DDH 280 Class Main Propulsion Machinery Design and Acquisition Proposal
V. Canadian Navy Defence Industrial Base Interviews
VI. Supporting Documents for Item 449 [Canadian Naval Sonar Development]
The Collection
For additional information, follow this link to The Collection. To visit The Collection, follow the procedure outlined as part of The Collection.
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Technical History 
