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| 2682 | GREAT BRITAIN. Admiralty. British Merchant Vessels Lost or Damaged by Enemy Action During the Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945. iv, 103p., index. London: HMSO, 1947.
Gives the date, cause, and position in which loss or damage occurred, in tabular form, as known in 1947. |
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| 2683 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Transport. British Coaster 1939–1945. 96p., illus. London: HMSO, 1947.
The official story of a vital link in the seaborne supply chain. |
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| 2684 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of War Transport. Merchantmen at War: The Official Story of the Merchant Navy 1939–1944. 144p., illus. London: HMSO; New York: Ziff-Davis, 1944.
A popular booklet for the general public. The US edition lists the author as J. L. Hodson and is titled, British Merchantmen at War |
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| 2685 | GRIBBLE, Leonard R. Heroes of the Merchant Navy. 204p., illus. London: Harrap, 1944.
A look at some of the actions and events which brought great credit to the men and ships of the Merchant Navy. |
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| 2686 | GUNN, George. Tramp Steamers at War. 104p., illus. Llandysul: Gomer, 1999. ISBN: 1859026346.
He joined the Merchant Navy in Glasgow in 1941 on the Baron Renfrew on a six-month trip to India and Port Said. After only a week's leave he was off again on a trip which took him round the world and lasted a year. Next came a "short" 15-week trip to the West Indies followed by joining the Baron Yarborough for the Mediterranean and Italy. In November 1943 she was torpedoed on a Gibraltar–UK convoy but managed to make port although 30 of the crew had died. Early in 1944 he joined the Baron Forbes, running whisky and port to and from Portugal. In May his apprenticeship ended and he became Third Mate. By September he was eligible for a three month course for his Second Mate's certificate and after passing he joined the Baron Douglas bound for the Mediterranean and Takoradi. He arrived home in May 1945 as the war ended. A nice mix of anecdote and fact. |
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| 2687 | HALSTEAD, Ivor. Heroes of the Atlantic: A Tribute to the Merchant Navy. xii, 235p., illus. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1941; New York: Dutton, 1942.
About half the book summarises the war at sea from the Merchant Navy's point of view. This is followed by tales of individual acts of bravery and some essays on the role of the Merchant Navy. |
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| 2688 | HANSSON, Per. One in Ten Had to Die. 148p. London: Allen & Unwin, 1970. ISBN: 0049460048.
A composite picture of a typical but fictional ship of the Norwegian Merchant Marine in the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 2689 | HARDY, A. C. Merchant Navy at War (Britain at War Series). 72p., illus. London: John Murray, 1941.
A popular illustrated guide. |
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| 2690 | HARDY, A. C. World Shipping: A Note Book on Seaways and Sea Trade and a Maritime Geography of Routes, Ports, Rivers, Canals and Cargoes (A Penguin Special). 224p., illus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1941.
A guide to trade as it was and might again be. |
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| 2691 | HARDY, A. C. You and Your Ships: A Guide to Merchant Navy Power. 159p., illus. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1942.
An updated version of his pre-war book Ships at Work, to explain the Merchant Navy and its work to the layman. Many line drawings. |
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| 2692 | HAUGE, Eiliv Odde, & HARTMANN, Vera. Flight from Dakar. 200p., illus., index. London: Allen & Unwin; New York: Dutton, 1954.
The Norwegian freighter Lidvard was interned in Dakar in 1940. This is the tale of that internment and of the ship's escape to Bathurst in 1941. Includes a victim's view of the abortive attack on Dakar. |
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| 2693 | HAY, Doddy. War Under the Red Ensign: The Merchant Navy 1939–45. 175p., illus., index. London: Jane's, 1982. ISBN: 0710602057.
A good history full of personal reminiscences. |
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| 2694 | HICKEY, V. J. Time to Go Sparky. vi, 106p., illus. Frampton Mansell: Hornby, 1994. ISBN: 0952281406.
The author trained as a radio operator and went to sea in 1937. He was on ss Cornwall in the Indian Ocean when war was declared. In early 1940 he joined Rangitiki briefly as a relief, then Middlesex for a voyage round the world. She was sunk early in 1941 at the start of her next voyage. He moved next to the trooper Northumberland and after a year with her joined the Shell tanker Darina. She was sunk in mid-Atlantic. After his rescue he was declared unfit for further sea service. |
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| 2695 | HOLDEN, Herbert D. Incidents in the Life of a Wartime Seafarer. 77p. Ilfracombe: Stockwell, 1996. ISBN: 0722329512.
In 1939, aged 16, he joined the Merchant Navy's Gravesend Sea School. In 1940 he joined the Wellington Star as a deck boy. After a three-month trip to Australia she was torpedoed and sunk off Portugal and Holden spent some days in a lifeboat. Shaken by this he spent two years ashore. In that time he trained as a radio officer and eventually joined the trooper Empire Pride. After two runs to Algiers he joined the tanker Thorhild and made several Atlantic crossings. In 1944 he joined the Hardingham as Chief Radio Officer. She sailed regularly to North Africa and later Italy. At the end of 1944 he was declared unfit for service and hospitalised. |
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| 2696 | HOPE, Stanton. Ocean Odyssey: A Record of the Fighting Merchant Navy. 220p., illus. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944.
A tribute to the Merchant Navy. Various incidents are described with fictitious characters and ships, for security reasons. The last part of the book describes training and conditions in the Merchant Navy. |
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| 2697 | HOWE, Leslie. The Merchant Service Today. 159p., illus., index. London: OUP, 1941.
Largely written before the war, this explains the working of the Merchant Navy. A perfunctory final chapter covers the hazards and changes caused by war. |
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| 2698 | HUMPHREYS, Lansdale. Merlin's Man: Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer. 384p., bibliog., illus. Abergavenny: Heaton, 1995. ISBN: 187200606X.
Richard Humphreys was a 30-year-old Second Officer with Ellerman's in 1939. He survived three sinkings in three years and took part in one of the strange plots to blow up the Iron Gates. Put ashore as a Marine Superintendent in Liverpool, he managed a number of coastal trips and to teach navigation to the RAF in Wales. In late 1943 he joined a Sam ship in Baltimore and made several difficult voyages to the Mediterranean in support of the Anzio beachhead. In early 1945 he joined the Samdonard as Chief Officer where he served contentedly for six years. A loving reconstruction by his widow. |
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| 2699 | HURD, Archibald. Britain's Merchant Navy. 256p., illus., index. London: Odhams, [1942].
A layman's guide to the merchant navy; its ships, its men, and how they operate in wartime. Profusely illustrated. |
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| 2700 | HURD, Archibald. The Battle of the Seas: The Fighting Merchantmen. 160p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941.
A general account of how the Merchant Navy operates and some of its history. A few of the better-known actions of the first 18 months of the war which involved merchantmen are described. |
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| 2701 | HURST, Alex A. A Succession of Days. xii, 337p., illus. Worcester: Square One, 1992. ISBN: 1872017630.
An autobiography in two parts. The first, Down to the Sea, describes his career in sail and steam. The second, In Durance Vile, describes capture by the German raider Stier, time spent in German prison ships, and then as a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Japan where he feels he was relatively well-treated. |
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