For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

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Scrapbook of the 6th Submarine Squadron Division at Work and at Play

1955 - 1966

By Stephen Jenner and Peter Haydon

 

Cover and Introduction

Background

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - Before Commander SM6 arrived

Chapter 2 - Costs of living in Halifax circa 1955

Chapter 3 - The ASW Training Task on the East Coast

Chapter 4 - SM6 starts work

Chapter 5 - 1956

Chapter 6 - 1957

Chapter 7 - 1958

Chapter 8 - 1959

Chapter 9 - 1960

Chapter 10 - 1961

Chapter 11 - 1962

Chapter 12 - 1963

Chapter 13 - 1964

Chapter 14 - 1965

Chapter 15 - Acheron - the last A Boat in Halifax

Chapter 16 - Expedition Training

Chapter 17 - Rest and Recreation

Chapter 18 - The Final Turnover begins

Chapter 19 - Weddings and Baptisms

Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous and extracurricular

Chapter 21 - Cold War Activities

Chapter 22 - Life Away From Halifax

Chapter 23 - C Block

Chapter 24 - Ice

Appendix A - Heads of Agreement - 1955

Appendix B - Appointment of a Command Social Worker

Appendix C - Tom Dowling's one-man Hydroplane control and other Technical activity

Appendix D - Thoughts from the last Raj

Appendix E - Gerry Paul's Halifax

Appendix F - The Pusser's View of it all

Appendix G - Gun Action

Appendix H - British Currency in 1955

Appendix I - Frere's Halifax

Appendix J - Significant Dates

Appendix K - The Evolving Silhouette of the A Boat

Appendix L - HMS Auriga - The Real Hydroplane Story

Appendix M - One Haligonian view of the Submarines

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