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| 2802 | MIDDLEMISS, N. L. Gathering of the Clans: The History of the Clan Line Steamships Ltd. xii, 111p., illus. Newcastle upon Tyne: Shield, 1988. ISBN: 1871128005.
An illustrated history of the ships of the Clan Line. |
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| 2803 | MURRAY, Marischal. Union Castle Chronicle 1853–1953. xvii, 392p., illus., index. London: Longmans, 1953.
Includes a 48-page account of the war. Some ships were taken over as AMCs and Pretoria Castle was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier. |
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| 2804 | O'CONNOR, G. W. The First Hundred Years. 107p., illus. Southampton: Red Funnel Steamers, 1963.
A history of the Southampton, Isle of Wight, and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Several of its ships were requisitioned and served honourably from Dunkirk to Normandy. |
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| 2805 | ROSKILL, S. W. A Merchant Fleet in War: Alfred Holt & Co. 1939–1945. 352p., illus. London: Collins, 1962.
The story of the Holt Fleet fully told by a leading naval historian. The fleet included the Glen Line ships used as Infantry Assault ships. |
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| 2806 | SAUNDERS, Hilary St. George. Valiant Voyaging: A Short History of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War 1939–1945. 216p., illus., index. London: Faber, 1949.
Fifty-one of just over 100 ships which started the war were lost. |
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| 2807 | SEABROOK, William C. In the War at Sea: A Record of Rotterdam's Largest Merchant Fleet and its Gallant Crews from 1940–1945. 64p., illus. Rotterdam: Holland-American Line, 1946.
A ship by ship account of the wartime career of the Holland–America Line fleet in exile. A second edition appeared in 1950. |
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| 2808 | TAFFRAIL. Blue Star Line at War 1939–1945. 159, xiiip., illus., index. London: Foulsham, 1973. ISBN: 057200849X.
Although not stated in the book, this record of a shipping line at war is a reprint of a book published in 1948 as Blue Star Line: Record of Service. |
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| 2809 | TAYLOR, James. Ellermans: A Wealth of Shipping. 320p., illus., index. London: Wilton House Gentry, 1976. ISBN: 090506402X.
A solid record of a major shipping line. |
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| 2810 | TOMLINSON, Henry M. Malay Waters: The Story of Little Ships Coasting out of Singapore and Penang in Peace and War. 199p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950.
The history of the small ships of the Straits Steamship Company during the war from the eastern peace of 1939–41, to the devastation of the Japanese assault. |
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| 2811 | 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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| 2812 | WATERS, Sydney D. Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War 1939–1945. xii, 263p., illus., index. London: New Zealand Shipping Co., 1949.
Of 36 ships which began the war, 19 were sunk. The fleet saw action from the Far East to the Atlantic and Mediterranean. |
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| 2813 | WATERS, Sydney D. Shaw Savill Line: One Hundred Years of Trading. 158p., illus., index. Christchurch: Whitcomb and Tombs, 1961.
Possibly the best known of the company's ships was Jervis Bay, but many others served gallantly. |
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| 2814 | WATERS, Sydney D. Union Line: A Short History of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd. 1875–1951. 148p., illus. [n.p.]: Union Steam Ship Company, [c.1952].
A chapter of 20 pages covers the company's war history, especially the activities of the AMCs Awatea and Monowai. |
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| 2815 | The City of Benares. 23p., illus. Falkirk: Falkirk High School, 1985.
A school project by Class 2F, in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It explores the sinking and the fate of Lifeboat 12 through new personal information from survivors. |
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| 2816 | The Life-Boat Service and the War: A Record of Gallantry and Endurance. i-xx, 40, xxi-xxp., illus. London, Newbury for the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, 1940.
Essentially an illustrated fundraising pamphlet which dwells on the courage of the lifeboat crews |
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| 2817 | ANDRIEUX, J. P. Marine Disasters and Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. 2, 1939–1989. 188p., bibliog., illus. St. John's, Nfld.: OTC, 1992. ISBN: 0921221088.
Originally published as a one-volume work in 1986, this expanded edition gives a full account of war disaster. Populist in tone it has some excellent contemporary pictures. |
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| 2818 | BAIRD, Bob. Shipwrecks of the Forth: Including Wrecks from Berwick-on-Tweed to Stonehaven. 214p., bibliog., illus., index. Cambuslang: Nekton, 1993. ISBN: 1897995016.
A reference guide to over 300 wrecks with details of the wreck and the circumstances of the sinking. Republished in 2008 by Whittles as Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay. ISBN: 978190444576. |
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| 2819 | BAIRD, Bob. Shipwrecks of the North of Scotland. [xviii], 381p.,bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2003. ISBN: 1841582336.
A reference guide to wrecks with details of the wreck and the circumstances of the sinking. Covers Orkney and Shetland. An excellent guide. |
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| 2820 | BAIRD, Bob. Shipwrecks of the West of Scotland: including wrecks from Kintyre to Cape Wrath, along with the Inner Hebrides. 292p., bibliog., illus., index. Cambuslang: Nekton Books, 1995. ISBN: 1897995024
A reference guide to the wrecks with details of the wreck and the circumstances of the sinking.. An excellent guide. |
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| 2821 | BALESTRACCI, Maria Serena. Arandora Star: Dall'oblio alla memoria. From Oblivion to Memory. xxiii, 390p., bibliog., illus., index. Parma, Monte Universita Parma, 2008. ISBN: 9788878472167.
An empathetic account of the Italian emigrants who were killed when the steamer was torpedoed, while being deported to Canada. Published as a parallel text in English and Italian. |
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