- Title:
- Uncharted waters; the development of the helicopter carrying destroyer in the post-war Royal Canadian Navy, 1943-1964.
- Creator:
- Cafferky, Michael Shawn
- Date Created:
- 1996
- Degree Awarded:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Subjects:
- Royal Canadian Navy Aviation Military Helicopters Destroyer Escorts
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- Canadian naval aviation during the Second World War and post-war period has, for the most part, been ignored in the scholarship. This is especially true in the case of the helicopters. This dissertation is an examination of the origins of rotary-wing aircraft and the development of the helicopter carrying destroyer escort from the Canadian perspective. The emergence of the helicopter carrying destroyer (DDH) can be traced to the fortunes of the Royal Canadian Navy in its battle for the convoys during 1942, and in its drive to obtain a balanced fleet. Bringing the helicopter/destroyer escort concept to fruition, however, was a lengthy and sometimes acrimonious process which was further complicated by competing national and service interests and limited budgets. In the end the navy was able to convince both the government and the Royal Canadian Air Force of the merits of hehcopters for anti—submarine operations, the navy's raison d'étre in post-war era.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Cafferky, Michael Shawn. 1996. "Uncharted waters; the development of the helicopter carrying destroyer in the post-war Royal Canadian Navy, 1943-1964.", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_214.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.