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| 2662 | CORNISH, Margaret. Troubled Waters: Memoirs of a Canal Boatwoman. 208p., illus., index. London: Hale, 1987. ISBN: 0709029551.
The author was one of a small number of women recruited by the Inland Waterways Section of the Ministry of Transport to run barges during WWII. A good tale of an odd backwater. A revised edition was published by Baldwin in 1994. |
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| 2663 | CREIGHTON, Kenelm. Convoy Commodore. 205p., illus. London: Kimber, 1956.
The memoirs of one of the gallant troop called from retirement. Rear Admiral Creighton guided 25 convoys, mainly across the Atlantic, and was sunk twice before spending the second half of the war in shore appointments. |
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| 2664 | DAYSH-DAVEY, John. They Also Served: The Merchant Navy and Its Contribution to Allied Victory. 80p., illus. Christchurch: Alex Wildey Ltd., [1945].
Describes the New Zealand Merchant Navy, the ships and their role, the men and their jobs, and some wartime incidents. |
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| 2665 | DIVINE, A. D. The Merchant Navy Fights: Tramps against U-Boats. 121p., frontis. London: Murray; New York: Dutton, 1940.
A propaganda account of the fate of the ships of the Ropner fleet in the first year of war. Firby and Otterpool, Heronspool, Stonepool, and Rockpool all suffered at the hands of the Germans - but hit back. US edition also includes [In] The Wake of the Raiders. |
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| 2666 | DONALDSON, A. Fifty Years Too Soon. 328p., illus. Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1948.
The autobiography of a merchant seaman. About 30 pages record his war service as Captain of the Marella. He describes graphically the aggravations of being ordered hither and yon by government and Navy in the chaos attending the collapse of empire in the East. |
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| 2667 | DOUGHTY, Martin. Merchant Shipping and War: A Study in Defence Planning in Twentieth-Century Britain (Royal Historical Society Studies in History Series, no. 31). ix, 220p., bibliog., index. London: Royal Historical Society; New York: Humanities, 1982. ISBN: 0901050830.
A study of how the lessons of World War I affected the management of shipping and the ports in WWII. The book is much concerned with the organisation of the Merchant Navy in wartime and the arrangements made to receive and distribute imported goods. |
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| 2668 | DRUMMOND, Cherry. The Remarkable Life of Victoria Drummond, Marine Engineer. [iv], 354, vp., illus. London: Institute of Marine Engineers, 1994. ISBN: 0907206549.
The biography of a remarkable woman. During the war she was the only British female seagoing engineer and travelled the world, saw action, and was irrepressible in pursuit of the career she loved. |
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| 2669 | EDWARDS, Bernard. The Fighting Tramps: The Merchant Navy Goes to War. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1989. ISBN: 0709037023.
Retells over a dozen dramatic incidents of the war at sea. |
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| 2670 | EDWARDS, Bernard. The Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War. [iv], 183p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2003. ISBN: 0850529115.
A series of individual tales of bravery is used to paint a picture of the harsh life at sea in wartime conditions. |
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| 2671 | EDWARDS, Bernard. They Sank the Red Dragon. xii, 206p., bibliog., illus., index. Cardiff: GPC Books, 1987. ISBN: 0708309666.
Welsh merchant shipping companies began the war with 164 ships, of which no less than 123 were lost during its course. This book gives good accounts of the loss of 20 of these, mainly owned by Reardon Smith and Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co., in convoy, alone, to submarine and raider, including Scheer in the Jervis Bay action. |
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| 2672 | EDWARDS, Bernard. War of the U-Boats: British Merchantmen under Fire. xiii, 210p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2006. ISBN: 1844155013.
Essentially a revised and extended edition of The Fighting Tramps. |
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| 2673 | ELPHICK, Peter. Life Line: The Merchant Navy at War 1939–1945. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 1999. ISBN: 1861761007 A modern assessment of the courage and sacrifice of the men of the Merchant Navy and the conditions under which they served, with a large set of well-told tales of the trials and tribulations of their wartime lot, from sinkings to poor food and conditions. A good account. |
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| 2674 | FETHNEY, Michael. The Absurd and the Brave: CORB-the True Account of the British Government's World War II Evacuation of Children Overseas. 246p., bibliog., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 1990. ISBN: 0863324479.
A detailed and sometimes tragic history of the Children's Overseas Reception Board. |
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| 2675 | FODEN, Tom. Not All Beer and Skittles. 192p., illus. Bristol: Petmac, 2001. ISBN: 0953324907.
An autobiography. A RNR member, he joined Salopian in 1939 as Supply Officer on the Northern Patrol. After her sinking he joined Breconshire running to Malta. When she was sunk he joined Bulolo in May 1942 for the Mediterranean invasions then D-Day. She sailed for the Far East at war's end. |
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| 2676 | FORDE, Frank. The Long Watch: The History of the Irish Mercantile Marine in World War Two. [ix], 147p., bibliog., illus. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan,1981. ISBN: 1902602420.
A history of the Irish merchant marine in WWII. Although Eire was neutral, her seamen suffered grievous losses. A very full history written by a serving seaman, not always organised to best advantage. A revised edition was published by New Island Books in 2000. |
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| 2677 | FOSS, Denis, with ENTWISTLE, Basil. Shoot a Line: A Merchant Mariner's War. 251p. Yeovil: Linden Hall, 1992. ISBN: 0948747110.
Foss rejoined the Merchant Navy in 1939. He was torpedoed twice in one night in 1940, served in Malta convoys, Atlantic convoys and the Far East, serving finally with the Fleet Train in the Pacific. A member of Moral Rearmament he spent much of the war apparently resolving the problems of others from Prime Ministers to donkeymen. |
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| 2678 | FOULSER, George. Seaman's Voice. 192p., frontis. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1961.
The memoirs of a seaman whose career involved many brushes with "our shipowner enemies." Some 40 pages describe his wartime career, including a tanker during the Normandy Invasion. |
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| 2679 | GILLMAN, Peter, & GILLMAN, Leni. Collar the Lot: How Britain Interned and Expelled Its Wartime Refugees. xiv, 334p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quartet, 1980. ISBN: 0704322447.
Includes the story of the sinking of the Arandora Star in July 1940 in the Atlantic, when full of internees being sent to Canada. |
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| 2680 | GRAHAM, J. Gibson. A MoWT in the Med. 87p. [n.p.: author, 1946].
The adventures and experiences of a representative of the Ministry of War Transport from 1942-45. Initially he secured French shipping in North Africa for the Allied war effort, but his duties soon expanded. |
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| 2681 | GRATTIDGE, Harry. Captain of the Queens. 303p., illus. London: Oldbourne; New York: McCall, [1956].
Covers the war in 30 pages, including the sinking of the Lancastria in 1940. After this, the author was an officer on the Queen Mary. |
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