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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.     Subjects     Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.     Canada. Royal Canadian Navy -- Submarine forces.     Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Submarine forces.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian -- Personal narratives.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.       by title:      It's not the ships.....       by call number:      940.545 S554i     Search the Web     Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.     Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.     Canada. Royal Canadian Navy -- Submarine forces.     Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Submarine forces.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian -- Personal narratives.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian.       MARC Display

It's not the ships... : my war years / Federick H. Sherwood, Lt Cdr RCNVR (Ret'd), DSC & Bar with Philip Sherwood. by Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013. Philip Sherwood, lifewriters.ca, c2014. Call #: 940.545 S554i Subjects Sherwood, Frederick H., 1914-2013.   Canada. Royal Canadian Navy -- Submarine forces.   Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Submarine forces.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian -- Personal narratives.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Canadian. ISBN:  9780993790003 (hc) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xi, 142 p. : ill., maps, photos ; 21 x 27 cm. Bibliography:  Includes index. Summary:  A native of Ottawa, Fred Sherwood (1914-2013) joined the RCNVR in 1933. In 1940 Lieutenant Sherwood joined the Royal Navy's submarine service and saw action off Norway, in the Bay of Biscay, and in the Mediterranean. After passing the "Perisher"(Commanding officer's qualifying course) in early 1943, Fred became the first volunteer reservist of any nation to command a RN submarine. In 1944 and early 1945 his "boat" HMS/M Spiteful (P 227) completed several successful patrols in the Far East. Fred emerged from the war with a Distinguished Service Cross and Bar. In 1946 he married Mary Clarke and settled in Ottawa. Genre:  Memoirs. Other authors:  Sherwood, Philip. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.545 S554i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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