Submariner Tales Ii: Truth or Fiction You Decide

By Dean S. Lewis

It is the second book of tales about submarines and submariners and the capabilities of both. The focus is during the peak of The Cold War in which WWIII did not happen but had been within in seconds of reality and that would have been a nuclear holocaust and life as we know it would have been a nightmare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491824955

Dean S. Lewis

Dean Scott Lewis was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada in 1964 and in 1972 was legally adopted by his step-father. In 1972 he changed his name to Dean Scott Roth. In March of 1982 at the age of 17 he joined the Canadian Armed Force. He was signed in by his parents while pledging allegiance to the Queen and Country at Centennial Hall in London, Ontario. He was sent to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia for “boot camp” as the last naval platoon 8214 before closing of this base. He then headed to Halifax, Nova Scotia to be trained as a sonar operator. While on sonar course he received a posting to HMCS Annapolis which had run aground off of Halifax, tearing off their active sonar. Submariners came and asked for volunteers for submarines and as top student for his course Dean accepted. He desired to do his role as a sonar man in the Secret Service also known as the Silent Service during the “Cold War” and protect Canada.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Foreword

Invention Of The Submarine

The Life Of A Submariner

The Tales

Submarine Search

A Visit To The Rock

Ice Breakers

Torpedo Tube

Operation Oil Rig

Escape From The Depths

Nato Exercise

Unity Amongst Submariners

Mutiny At Sea

Closer To Wwiii Than The Cuban Missile Crisis

Acknowledgements

About The Author

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to GOD who

enabled the Submariners and their

Submarines to keep their countries

safe, at a time when World War III

looked like it would be a nuclear

holocaust during the COLD WAR.

FOREWORD

Submarines have always been a fascinating naval experience where men have served their various countries during wars of different lengths. The Cold War was no exception that went from 1946 to 1991.

These are tales to educate and inform you of the adventures of those extreme fighting machines as well as the men and abilities of both.

Interestingly, there is no way of knowing if these stories are true or not as they are part of the Secret Service.

This is what makes this an interesting book where YOU get to decide, and should you choose, then you may fill in your decisions of Truth or Fiction at the back of this book.

I am thrilled to have been asked to do this task to enlighten you and help the Museum of Naval History continue to educate you on the Secret Service and other naval services.

This is the second book; as the first book is titled Submariner Tales Truth or Fiction You Decide. It has been a huge success and may be ordered through AuthorHouse.com or purchased in person at the Museum of Naval History where you can enjoy a tour of HMCS OJIBWA.

INVENTION OF THE SUBMARINE

This is some feasible information where submarines may have come from, including the dates of the machines and the men associated with these inventions.

It is still believed that Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the first man to draw a submarine sometime between 1473 and before his death in 1519. Of course it was not known as a submarine but a ship to sink ships. Did anyone other than GOD truly know the date of Da Vinci’s submarine drawing?

Years later in 1578, a British mathematician named William Bourne (1535-1582) published his design in a book called Inventions or Devices. This work gave details for sailors and is accredited with the first ship log and line. Another notable accreditation from his book includes the night signal or semaphore—a code of flashing lights and a way of standing, previously decided to communicate ship to ship. Also included was a device with two pieces of glass (when aligned properly) that allowed you to read a letter a quarter mile away, known today as a telescope.

In 1620 the first submarine was built by a Dutch man named Cornelius van Drebbel (1572-1633). He actually went 12 to 15 feet deep and stayed submerged for three hours in the English Channel. This was an oar driven submarine with six men, with as many as twelve in his larger types. It is even believed that King James 1 of England went on one of the two larger submarines that Drebble built. That one was constructed after the prototype, somewhere between the years 1620 and 1624, but the British navy was uninterested as the submarine was way ahead of its time.

It is suggested that in 1860 an Italian man came up with a type of submarine. His name was Giovanni Borelli (1608-1679) and he placed goatskins along the inside of the boat, and soaked them with water to make his boat sink, giving him the first credentials for the ballast tank theory.

The next time we hear of submarines is in 1776 when David Bushnell (1740-1826) of the United States built