STORIES of DOUGLAS (oh, where do I begin) by Carol Holm
Canadian Coast Guard College Recognition, 1991
Presented after his retirement from teaching at the Coast Guard College in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The address is below. The address reads: Notes on Mr. Douglas Maginley, This year’s recipient has spent all of his working life connected to the … Continue reading →
Arctic Circle Certificate
Upon crossing the Arctic Circle on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir John Franklin on August 17, 1998.
Continue reading →Book Review: Ted Drover Ships Artist
Ted Drover was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1907. He had polio as a child which left him with one leg shorter than the other and gave him a distinctive walk but did not prevent him from living an … Continue reading →
Book Review: Neptune’s Car: an American Legend
Paul Simpson has written another book about ships, life and voyages in the great days of sail. (The last was Around Cape Horn Once More, previously reviewed). This time he has told the story of the clipper Neptune’s Car, built … Continue reading →
The Story of the Canadian Red Ensign, 1868-1965 – Video
Canada’s former national flag, the Canadian Red Ensign, evolved over the years as the nation grew. In this video, based on a talk he gave several times in 2016-2017, Charles D. Maginley outlines the history of the former national flag … Continue reading →
Book Review: Around Cape Horn Once More: the story of the French clipper ship Montebello
In the 1920s and 30s quite a large number of retiring shipmasters who had started their careers in sail were writing their memoirs, while authors like Basil Lubbock, conscious that the days of commercial sail were effectively over, published popular … Continue reading →
Book Review: The British Battleship 1906-1946
No navy has had so much written about it as the British Royal Navy. Every aspect: materiel, policy, strategy and performance in action has been described, dissected and analysed by many qualified and unqualified commentators. This is not surprising considering … Continue reading →
Book Review: Skagerrak: The Battle of Jutland through German Eyes
Gary Staff is the author of numerous books about the Imperial German Navy, its ships and battles. This book describes the battle of Jutland (Skagerrak in German terminology) making use of official documents but much enlivened by the letters and … Continue reading →
Book Review: Jutland: The Naval Staff Appreciation
With the 100th anniversary of the battle of Jutland approaching, our distinguished late member William (Bill) Schliehauf decided it was time to re-examine the very controversial Naval Staff Appreciation of that great clash of the dreadnoughts that had occurred on … Continue reading →