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| 4043 | JAFFEE, Walter W. The Liberty Ships From A (A.B. Hammond) To Z (Zona Gale). Xii, 722p., bibliog., illus., index. Palo Alto, CA: Glencannon, 2004. ISBN: 1889901253.
A stunningly comprehensive reference work listing details of all 2710 Liberty ship from name to fate. A basic reference tool. |
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| 4044 | JORDAN, Roger W. The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. xvi, 624p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 1999. ISBN: 1591149592.
A listing of the ocean going fleets at the start of the war, arranged by country and company along with a section listing on wartime losses. An excellent reference work. |
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| 4045 | MITCHELL, W. H., & SAWYER, L. A. Empire Ships of World War II. viii, 120p., illus., index. Liverpool: Journal of Shipping and Commerce Telegraph, 1965. ISBN: 0715349147. Ships requisitioned by or built for the Ministry of Shipping were named with the prefix “Empire”. This lists and classifies all such ships - over 1,300 of them - and gives a brief history of each to 1964. A second edition was published in 1990, ISBN: 1850442754. |
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| 4046 | MITCHELL, W. H., & SAWYER, L. A. The Oceans, the Forts & the Parks: Merchant Shipbuilding for British Account in North America during World War II (Wartime Standard Ships, vol. 2). ix, 58p., illus., index. Liverpool: Journal of Commerce & Shipping Telegraph, 1966.
A catalogue of the merchant ships built in the US and Canada, including the escort carriers built on merchant hulls. |
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| 4047 | RIMINGTON, Critchell. Merchant Fleets: A Survey of the Merchant Navies of the World. xiv, 293p., illus. New York: Dodd Mead, [1942].
How Merchant Navies operate. A guide for laymen which pays scant attention to the fact of war. |
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| 4048 | SAWYER, L. A., & MITCHELL, W. H. The Liberty Ships: The History of the Emergency Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States during World War II. 238p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; Cambridge, Mass.: Cornell Maritime, 1970. ISBN: 0715349074. A catalogue of the ships and their individual fates, as well as general construction details. A revised edition was published in 1973. A second edition was published by Lloyd’s of London Press in 1985 (ISBN: 1850440492). |
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| 4049 | SAWYER, L. A., & MITCHELL, W. H. Victory Ships and Tankers: The History of the Victory Type Cargo Ships and of the Tankers Built in the United States of America during World War II. 230p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; Cambridge, Mass.: Cornell Maritime, 1974. ISBN: 0715360361.
The US built successors to the Liberty ships, most of which survived the war. Gives details of the building programme and of the fate of each ship. |
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| 4050 | TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. Merchant Ships. Various paginations, illus., index. London: Sampson Low, annual volumes
The merchant marine equivalent of Jane's Fighting Ships. |
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| 4051 | WILLIAMS, David. Liners in Battledress: Wartime Camouflage and Colour Schemes for Passenger Ships. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway, 1989. ISBN: 0920277500.
Profusely illustrated. Although a general history, it is dominated by WW2. |
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| 4052 | BROWN, David. Warship Losses of World War Two. 256p., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour; Annapolis: NIP, 1990. ISBN: 0853688028.
A comprehensive listing of over 1,600 losses by all the combatants. It excludes submarines and small craft. There is a valuable introductory essay and the losses are annotated in some detail. A revised edition was published in 1995, ISBN: 1854092782. |
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| 4053 | FISCHER, Gerald. A Statistical Summary of Shipbuilding under the US Maritime Commission during World War II (Historical Reports of War Administration. United States Maritime Commission, no. 2). 164p. New York: USGPO, 1949.
A comprehensive set of tables. |
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| 4054 | GREAT BRITAIN. Admiralty. German, Italian and Japanese U-Boat Casualties during the War: Particulars of Destruction (Cmd. 6843). 35p. London: HMSO, 1946.
Gives the individual causes of each submarine's loss in a chronological table for each country. Also has monthly cumulative totals in a separate table. |
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| 4055 | GREAT BRITAIN. Admiralty. German, Italian and Japanese U-Boat Casualties during the War: Statistical Statement (Cmd. 6751). 5p. London: HMSO, 1946.
The result of a joint British–US official investigation, giving the results in tabular form. |
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| 4056 | GREAT BRITAIN. Central Statistical Office. Statistical Digest of the War (History of the Second World War. UK Civil Series). xii, 248p. London: HMSO, 1951.
Contains 193 tables, some of which record warship construction, merchant vessel construction and repair, and merchant shipping movements and losses. |
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| 4057 | HAGUE, Arnold. The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organization, Defence and Operation. 208p., illus. London: Chatham, 2000. ISBN: 1551250330.
An excellent descriptive account of all aspects of the convoy system, opening up many neglected areas. Almost half of the book consists of statistical and data appendices including a very useful and previously unpublished list of convoy departure and arrival dates. An essential reference work. |
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| 4058 | HOCKING, Charles. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, 1824–1962: Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War Lost in Action. 2 vols. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1969. An alphabetical listing, with brief leading details of the ships and some account of the circumstances of loss. A very useful, if incomplete work. Reprinted in a one volume edition by the London Stamp Exchange in 1990, ISBN: 9780948130687 and again in 2002 by the Naval and Military Press, ISBN: 9780948130724. |
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| 4059 | ROSS, Tweed W. The Best Way to Destroy a Ship: The Evidence of European Naval Operations in World War II. iv, 213p., bibliog., illus. Manhattan, Kan.: MA/AH Publishing, 1980. ISBN: 0891260692.
A statistical analysis of how ships were lost. Fairly predictable conclusions, except that cruisers are shown to be very ineffective. |
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| 4060 | WILLIAMS, David. Wartime Disasters at Sea: Every Passenger Ship Loss in World Wars I and II. 248p., bibliog., illus., index. Sparkford: PSL, 1997. ISBN: 1852605650
Over 500 entries in chronological order cover every passenger liner lost. Most are accompanied by a picture and the circumstances of loss are given. |
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| 4061 | 70 True Stories of the Second World War. 288p. London: Odhams, [1953].
The 70 best personal tales submitted to a competition organised by The People newspaper. The naval tales include memories of the loss of Repulse, Glorious, and Curlew, the boarding of the Altmark, Marigold's submarine, PQ17 seen from a merchantman, the human torpedoes which sank the Bolzano, 50 days on a raft, a 1941 patrol by Truant, the sole survivor's tale from the sinking of Holbury in 1943, an East Coast convoy in Oxshott, and a merchant ship collision. |
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| 4062 | AGAR, Rodney, & JOHNSTONE, Murray, eds. Hold Fast the Heritage: An Anthology of Experiences Both Afloat and Ashore Spanning Half a Century from 1943 to 1993, by the Term of Naval Officers Who Joined the Royal Naval College Together in September 1943. 327p., illus. Fontwell: Woodfield, 1994. ISBN: 1873203306. Not strictly in scope, but a good read. Included for its information on the training of young career officers late in the war. Reminiscences by the term who joined Dartmouth in September 1943. Covers both their service careers and subsequent experiences and includes an appendix on the regulations for joining the navy at the age of 13. |
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