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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(...)
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(...)

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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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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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0009669F