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Broadside: Halifax’s wartime pilot boat disaster
On a bitter winter night during the Second World War, a British freighter smashed into a Halifax Harbour pilot boat, sending nine men to their deaths. Drawing on 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 government apathy 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.
But the tragedy did not end with the sinking. Families of the lost men, including widows and fatherless children, faced both censorship and government apathy 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.
144 pages, Paperback
Published September 16, 2025
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December 31, 2025
Borrowed this book from our local library because it told the story of a local WW2 tragedy that I had not been aware of. Frankly I found the book a bit of a disappointment. It was poorly edited and what should have been riveting was at points tediously related. It did succeed, however, in whetting my interest and I will try to find out more.
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