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| 2782 | DORLING, Henry Taprell. Blue Star Line: A Record of Service. 159, xiiip., illus. [Liverpool: n.p., 1948].
The Blue Star Line lost 29 of its 38 ships in the course of the war, to submarine, raider, and shipwreck. This is a chronological account not only of those losses, and the fate of the survivors, but also of the many incidents from Malta convoys to the evacuation of Singapore in which the Blue Star ships were involved. |
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| 2783 | DUNNETT, Alistair M. The Donaldson Line: A Century of Shipping 1854–1954. x, 125p., illus. Glasgow: Jackson Son & Company, 1960.
The wartime story of the Donaldson fleet is covered in less than ten pages, although a full account is given of Salacia's part in the TORCH landings. Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. |
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| 2784 | DYER, Jim, & EDWARDS, Bernard. Death and Donkey's Breakfasts: The War beyond Lundy. [iv], 92p., illus. Newport: D and E Books, 1988.
Twenty tales of the merchant seamen of South Wales at war. |
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| 2785 | FALKUS, Malcolm. The Blue Funnel Legend: A History of the Ocean Steamship Company, 1865–1973. xx, 412p., bibliog., illus., index. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1990. ISBN: 0333522834.
A detailed, scholarly account with limited but useful material on WWII. |
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| 2786 | GIBSON, John Frederick. Brocklebanks 1770–1950. 2 vols., illus., index. Liverpool: Young, 1953.
Almost half of the second volume is devoted to the wartime activities of this shipping line, which lost 16 ships during the war to bomb, mine, and torpedo. |
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| 2787 | GRASEMANN, Cuthbert. Round the Southern Fleet: A Brief Review of the Southern Railways Fleet in 1946. 56p., illus. London: Ian Allan, [1946].
A pamphlet containing pictures of all the passenger vessels of the Southern Railway's Fleet. Many are also pictured in their wartime role and this is briefly commented on. |
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| 2788 | GRAVES, Charles. The Thin Red Lines. 183p., illus. London: Standard Art Book Co., 1946.
The story of Cable and Wireless Ltd. at war. Their undersea cables were an essential link in communications and their cable-laying and repair ships did vital work. |
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| 2789 | HACKING, Norman R., & LAMB, W. Kaye. The Princess Story: A Century and a Half of West Coast Shipping. [vi], 360p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1974. ISBN: 0888360029.
The two authors treat the 19th and 20th centuries respectively. The war service of requisitioned ships of the Canadian Princess Coastal Fleet is briefly chronicled. A second edition was published in 1976. |
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| 2790 | HANCOCK, H. E. Semper Fidelis: The Saga of the "Navvies" (1924 to 1948). xv, 140p., illus., index. London: General Steam Navigation Company, 1949.
An account of 25 years in the life of the General Steam Navigation Company. Although their ships were mainly involved in coastal trade, some saw war service as far away as Australia and the Falklands. Eight vessels were at Dunkirk. |
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| 2791 | HOLMAN, Gordon. In Danger's Hour. 217p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948.
The war history of the Clan Line. |
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| 2792 | HOLMAN, Gordon. In the Wake of Endeavour: The History of the New Zealand Shipping Company and Federal Steam Navigation Company. x, 241p., illus., index. London: Knight, 1973. ISBN: 0853141819.
WWII is covered in some 60 pages which recount how the company's ships faced all the hazards of war. |
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| 2793 | HOPE, Stanton. Tanker Fleet: The War Story of the Shell Tankers and the Men Who Manned Them (Shell War Achievements, no. 1). xiii, 125p., illus. London: Anglo–Saxon Petroleum Co., 1948.
Recounts some of the more dramatic events which befell their tankers during the war. |
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| 2794 | HOWARTH, Stephen. Sea Shell: The Story of Shell's British Tanker Fleets 1892–1992. 216p., illus., index. London: Thomas Reed, 1992. ISBN: 094763732X.
A well-illustrated and written coffee table book with 30 pages on WWII. Names such as Africa Shell, Ohio,and San Demetrio are well known but the book ranges much wider than these often told tales. |
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| 2795 | KEILHAU, Wilhelm. Norway and the Bergen Line: A Centenary Publication. 369p., illus., index. Bergen: [Bergen Line], 1953.
Includes a short chapter on the fate of their ships in WWII. Depending on their location in April 1940 they worked for either the Allies or the Axis and over 60 per cent of them were lost. |
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| 2796 | KERR, George F. Business in Great Waters: The War History of the P & O 1939–1945. 196p., illus., index. London: Faber, 1951.
An anecdotal history with various factual and tabular appendices. The P & O Fleet was savaged during the war but won permanent fame in the last action of Rawalpindi. |
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| 2797 | KIRK, Allen A. Fair Winds and Rough Seas: The Story of the Holm Shipping Company. xv, 260p., illus., index. Wellington: Reed, 1975. ISBN: 0589009346.
An episodic account of the chequered history of this New Zealand Shipping Company, which includes the story of the sinking of the Holmwood by the raider Komet in 1940. |
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| 2798 | LAIRD, Dorothy. Paddy Henderson 1834–1961. 230p., illus. Glasgow: Outram, 1961.
The company owned or managed 26 ships and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company during the war. The service of each ship is recorded in two chapters on WWII. |
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| 2799 | LONGHURST, Henry. Adventure in Oil: The Story of British Petroleum. 286p., illus. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959.
A company history celebrating the first 50 years. Most of the 40 pages devoted to WWII concentrate on the company's Persian operations, but brief mention is made of the tanker fleet and of the development of PLUTO, the Pipe Line Under The Ocean which supplied the Normandy beachhead. |
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| 2800 | LUCAS, W. E. Eagle Fleet: The Story of a Tanker Fleet in Peace and War. 149p., illus. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955.
The story of Eagle Oil from 1912–1954. It concentrates on major events and especially both world wars. Ships of the fleet figured in many dramatic actions, none more so than the famous San Demetrio and Ohio. |
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| 2801 | McLELLAN, R. S. Anchor Line, 1856–1956. 184p., illus. Glasgow: Anchor Line, 1956.
A history of the shipping firm. Five of their ships were converted to AMCs; six of the fleet were lost. The war is covered in 15 pages. |
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