Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: COOLEY, Reg. The Unknown Fleet: The Army's Civilian Seamen in War and Peace. xiv, 233p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN: 0750903848.

The RASC always had a fleet of small craft - numbering some 1,100 in 1945. They undertook all sorts of duties from stores carriers to target towing. Cooley opens up an unusual aspect of the war at sea.