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| 2242 | AIKEN, Alex. In Time of War. xiv, 430p., bibliog., illus. Glasgow: [author], 1980. ISBN: 0950213446.
A lovingly researched and carefully documented account of the career, especially the wartime career, of the merchantman Glenearn, which was converted to a landing ship and saw very active service. |
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| 2243 | BLORE, Trevor. Commissioned Bargees: The Story of the Landing Craft. 216p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1946.
Dedicated to these unsung craft. A lighthearted account. |
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| 2244 | BULL, Peter. To Sea in a Sieve. 224p., illus. London: Davies, 1956.
A modest and witty account of his naval career. He joined as an Ordinary Seaman in 1941 and after seatime in Atlantic destroyers was commissioned. He spent the rest of the war in landing craft, seeing action at Dieppe then moving to the Mediterranean where he rose in rank while taking part in all the landings from Husky to Dragoon. |
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| 2245 | BURN, Lambton. Down Ramps: Saga of the 8th Armada. x, 262p., illus. London: Carroll & Nicholson, 1947.
The anecdotal story of lighters and landing craft from Tobruk to Germany. |
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| 2246 | CARTER, W. Brian. Saved by the Bomb. xi, 191p., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 2001. ISBN: 1857765818.
He was called up in 1942 and after training joined landing craft as a midshipman. He took part in D-Day then slowly travelled east with his landing craft, mainly fighting the weather and arriving only at wars end. |
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| 2247 | GUINNESS, Alec. Blessings in Disguise. xii, 238p., illus., index. London: Hamilton, 1985; New York: Knopf, 1986. ISBN: 0241116813. He trained in tank landing craft then went to the US to collect LCI(L) 124, which he brought to the Mediterranean. He took part in the Sicily landings then sank in an Adriatic storm. Moving to LCI(L) 272 he next took part in the Elba Invasion and finally spent the rest of his service in the Adriatic. The war occupies 40 pages of engaging reminiscence. See also the autobiography of fellow-actor Peter Bull, who served with him. |
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| 2248 | JARMAN, W. D. "Jim." Those Wallowing Beauties: The Story of Landing Barges in World War II. 270p., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 1997. ISBN: 1857762606.
Hundreds of Thames barges were commandeered by the Royal Navy, converted to landing craft and used at D-Day. This is their story. |
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| 2249 | LADD, James D. Assault from the Sea, 1939–1945: The Craft, the Landings, the Men. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbott: David & Charles; New York: Hippocrene, 1976. ISBN: 0715369377.
A comprehensive guide to the various types of landing craft, support ships, and amphibians developed for assault landings. |
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| 2250 | LAVERY, Brian. Assault Landing Craft: Design, Construction and Operations. 120p., illus. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2009. ISBN: 9781848320505.
Examines its design history before the War, when amphibious operations were deeply unfashionable. It describes its design and construction and includes information on the role of the crew and the techniques and tactics used in landings. It gives an account of the larger ships which carried it and the life of the sailors and soldiers who travelled in it. Finally, it describes its role in the many operations in which it took part, including withdrawals such as Dunkirk and the catastrophic Dieppe raid of 1942 |
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| 2251 | LUND, Paul, & LUDLAM, Harry. The War of the Landing Craft. 256p., illus., index. London: Foulsham, 1976. ISBN: 0572009356.
Weaves reminiscences of former crewmen into the story of the RN's assault craft - the ugly but utilitarian "kipper-boxes" used in all amphibious assaults. |
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| 2252 | MACDERMOTT, Brian. Ships without Names: The Story of the Royal Navy's Tank Landing Ships of World War Two. 128p., bibliog., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1992. ISBN: 1854091263.
A good general history of the major actions where they were deployed, followed by a brief biography of the career of each vessel. |
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| 2253 | MAXWELL-SMITH, C. Invasion Craft. 35p., illus. London: Rolls House, [1944].
Artists' impressions of the various types of landing craft, with an accompanying description of each type of vessel and its function. |
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| 2254 | ORAM, Raymond. This is My Story, This is My Song: Wartime Memoirs of a Landing Craft Skipper. iv, 224p., illus. Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2004. ISBN: 1903953707.
The enjoyable autobiography of a grammar school boy who served in landing craft in the Mediterranean and at D-Day. |
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| 2255 | READ, Piers Paul. Alec Guinness: the Authorised Biography. vi, 632 p., illus. London: Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN: 0743207297.
A penetrating and perceptive account of an intriguing and complex and very private man. Focuses on his huge talent as an actor but gives a good account of his war service. |
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| 2256 | ROTTMAN, Gordon L. Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support.(New Vanguard, 157). 48p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2009. ISBN: 9781846034350.
A good basic guide to their design and deployment. Well illustrated. |
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| 2257 | WOOD, Richard. Abandon Ship. [5], 149p. Lewes: Book Guild, 1985. ISBN: 0863320953.
The author was called up, trained at Ganges, served in Ark Royal until her sinking then in Woolston on the East Coast. He was next commissioned and served in LCTs in the Mediterranean, notably at the Sicilian landings. En route to the UK his LCT landed in Spain due to bad weather and the crew was interned. Towards the end of the war he was returned to the UK and latterly ferried LCTs to France. |
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| 2258 | BUXTON, Ian. Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. 216p., bibliog., illus., index. Tynemouth: World Ship Society/Trident Books, 1978; Annapolis: NIP, 1980. ISBN: 0905617061.
The first major study of British monitors is a definitive account which explores their political and military background, design philosophy, construction, operational performance, and ultimate fate. The four which served in WWII are fully covered. Reprinted in 1979 with minor amendments, a second revised edition was published in 2008 by Seaforth in the UK and the Naval Institute Press in the USA. ISBN: 1844157199. |
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| 2259 | KEMP, Paul J. British Monitors (ISO Pictorial Series, 5). 48p., illus. London: ISO-Galago, 1987. ISBN: 094678440X.
A photo essay covering the 42 monitors which have served with the Royal Navy. |
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| 2260 | KEMP, Paul J. Monitors of the Royal Navy. 73p., illus. London: ISO, 1997. A largely pictorial view. |
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| 2261 | AMESS, John D. H.M.S. Deodar: Royal Naval Patrol Service Minesweeper Trawler T124. 64p., bibliog., illus. [n.p.]: author, 2004.
A report on the history of H.M.S. Deodar from the time she was ordered by the Admiralty in 1939 to her sale out of Royal Naval service and conversion for commercial use, and finally to her foundering in 1965. |
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