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Halifax’s wartime pilot boat disaster
by Rick Grant
A deadly night in the Halifax Harbour during the Second World War, and the devastating aftermath.
On a bitter winter night during the Second World War, a British freighter smashed into a Halifax Harbour pilot boat, sending seven men to their deaths. Drawing on first-hand survivor interviews and years of meticulous research, Rick Grant uncovers the true story of what happened, and the official Canadian government cover-up that followed.
But the tragedy did not end with the sinking. Families of the lost men, including widows and fatherless children, faced both censorship and a battle to get the compensation and truth they were owed.
Rick Grant offers a dramatic, evocative, and deeply researched account of a moment in history that still resonates today for readers of Second World War history, naval history, and those interested in the human cost of seafaring.
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