The Q ships of World War I, George Algert Foulis, an 80-year-old retired captain of ships on the Atlantic and the Great Lakes, builds models of Q ship(...)
Date9/25/1973
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Teskey, Frank
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Toronto Star (Firm)
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Q ships of World War I; George Algert Foulis; an 80-year-old retired captain of ships on the Atlantic and the Great Lakes; builds models of Q ships in which he hunted German U-boats in World War I. The ships; filled with cork and wood; were unsinkable; but Germans destroyed 200 of them with incendiary gunfire. Foulis lives in Collingwood.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009669F