| Entry Text: | TREGONNING, K. G. Home Port Singapore: A History of the Straits Steamship Company Ltd. 1890–1965. xii, 321, [48]p., bibliog., illus., index. Singapore: OUP, 1967.
Over 60 pages are devoted to WWII. The company's ships were heavily involved as auxiliary naval vessels and suffered terribly during the Japanese onslaught. But some survived the war and the proud record of all the company's ships is ably described. |
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