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Author : Archibald Hurd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book A Merchant Fleet at War written by Archibald Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of the Cunard steamship company's part in the European war.
Author : Roger Villar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Merchant Ships at War written by Roger Villar and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library Collection.
Author : Archibald Hurd
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781018292687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)
Download or read book A Merchant Fleet at War written by Archibald Hurd and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Catherine Betty Abigail Behrens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War written by Catherine Betty Abigail Behrens and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells what was required of the British ships in various phases of the war, how they met them and the costs involved.
Author : Archibald Hurd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331224174
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)
Download or read book A Merchant Fleet at War (Classic Reprint) written by Archibald Hurd and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Merchant Fleet at War During a war, which was at last to draw into its vortex practically the whole human race - the issue depending, first and foremost, on sea power - there was little time or opportunity or, indeed, inclination on the part of British seamen to keep a record of their varied activities. The very nature of many of the incidents recorded in the following pages precluded the preparation of detailed reports at the time. Nor can we forget that many of the officers and men, to whose resource, courage, and devotion this volume bears testimony, have joined the great silent army of the dead to whose exploits the freedom of conscience of every man and woman in the British Empire, as well as their state of material comfort, bear witness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Stephen Wentworth Roskill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Merchant Fleet in War written by Stephen Wentworth Roskill and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. War Shipping Administration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book United States Merchant Marine at War written by United States. War Shipping Administration and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780945274964
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Fourth Arm of Defense written by Salvatore R. Mercogliano and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war and includes a number of photographs as well as sidebars detailing specific people and ships involved in the logistic operations. This historical pictorial reference would be of interest to students, historians, members of the military, specifically the Navy, and military leaders, veterans, Vietnam War veterans, and the U.S. merchant marines.
Author : United States. War Shipping Administration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book U.S. Merchant Marine at War written by United States. War Shipping Administration and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Slader
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 : 1876963131
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (769 download)
Download or read book The Fourth Service written by John Slader and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here at last is the true story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. The author, himself a member of the service from 1941-47, relates the stories of merchantmen and their crews with unique insight. From the early days of the war to the day of victory on the Rhine, through combined operations in the Mediterranean and at Normandy, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undergone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrifices endured to ensure that Britain received its essential supplies of food, oil, and raw materials. Highly illustrated, this book will be absorbing for the war historian, maritime enthusiast and general reader alike.
Author : Edward Noble
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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Outposts of the Fleet written by Edward Noble and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederic Chapin Lane
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801867521
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (675 download)
Download or read book Ships for Victory written by Frederic Chapin Lane and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.
Author : Bernard Edwards
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526711680
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Churchill's Thin Grey Line written by Bernard Edwards and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The naval historian and retired merchant navy captain recounts the contributions of Britain’s civilian ships during WWII in this “cracking read” (The Bridgend & Porthcawl Gem). The first British casualties of the Second World War were not members of the Royal Navy, the army, or the Royal Air Force. They were British merchant seamen on the transatlantic passenger liner SS Athenia, torpedoed by a German U-30 submarine on September 3, 1939. For the duration of the war, Britain’s merchant fleet performed a vital role, carrying the essential supplies that kept the country running during the darkest days and made victory possible. Their achievements came at a terrible cost with 2,535 British oceangoing merchant ships being sunk and, of the 185,000 men and women serving in the British Merchant Navy at the time, 36,749 sacrificed their lives. Another 4,707 were wounded and 5,720 ended up as prisoners of war. Their casualty rate of twenty-five percent was second only to RAF Bomber Command’s. Thoroughly researched and full of fascinating true accounts, Bernard Edwards’s Churchill’s Thin Grey Line tells the inspiring story of those brave civilian volunteers who fought so gallantly to defend their ships, cargo, and country. “A cracking read which brings home to the reader how much we in [England] owe to the Merchant Navy . . . Bernard Edwards has done them proud.” —The Bridgend & Porthcawl Gem
Download or read book U.S. Merchant Marine at War written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth L Privratsky
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1399043900
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Norwegian Merchant Fleet in the Second World War written by Kenneth L Privratsky and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain, desperately short of merchant shipping, turned to the Norwegians who agreed to loan several hundred of its modern cargo and tanker ships. In early 1940 when Hitler invaded Norway, both the British and Germans rushed to seize the remainder of the fleet. King Haakon VII and his government, now fleeing from Nazi occupation, refused to relinquish control of this vital national asset. Instead, they nationalized the fleet and established the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission. Nicknamed Nortraship, it became overnight the largest shipping company the world had seen with a thousand ships and offices on six continents. Generously made available to Great Britain, it became a priceless Allied asset without which victory over Germany would arguably have been impossible. By the end of the war, about half Nortraship’s fleet had been lost to enemy action. The Norwegian Merchant Fleet in the Second World War is a superbly researched addition to Second World War history being the first detailed account in English of Norway’s critical contribution to the Allies. As well as telling this little-known but hugely significant story, the author covers the controversies that developed and persist into the present day.
Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844689751
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)
Download or read book The Real Cruel Sea written by Richard Woodman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned maritime historian’s compelling study of the vital role played by merchant seamen during WWII in the Battle of the Atlantic. For the British, the Battle of the Atlantic was a fight for survival. They depended on the safe transit of hundreds of merchant ships carrying food and supplies from America to feed the country and keep the war effort going. On top of that, they had to export manufactured goods to pay for it all. Britain's merchant navy, a disparate collection of private vessels, had become the country's lifeline. While its seamen were officially non-combatants, they bravely endured the onslaught of the German U-boat offensive until Allied superiority overwhelmed the enemy. Drawing extensively on first-hand sources, Richard Woodman establishes the importance of the British and Allied merchant fleets in the struggle against Germany. This important study elevates the heroic seamen who manned these ships to their rightful place in the history of the Second World War.
Author : Bruce L. Felknor
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The U.S. Merchant Marine at War, 1775-1945 written by Bruce L. Felknor and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the U.S. Merchant Marine has declined over the last several decades, so too has the memory of the countless acts of unflinching courage and patriotism performed by its civilian officers and seamen in America's armed struggles. Scouring long-out-of-print books and dusty archives, veteran writer and merchant marine officer Bruce Felknor has collected the most dramatic of these stories from all of America's wars through World War II into a single comprehensive illustrated volume. Excerpts from such authors as Winston Churchill, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Lowell Thomas are combined with eyewitness accounts - many never before published - by heroes, victims, and survivors.
