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Book Synopsis Convoy Commodore by : Rear-Adm. Sir Kenelm Creighton
Download or read book Convoy Commodore written by Rear-Adm. Sir Kenelm Creighton and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 4, 1939, Admiral Creighton, who had retired from the Navy five years earlier, reported again to the Admiralty for service as a Commodore of Ocean Convoys. In the following three years he conducted 24 convoys to various parts of the world. The greater part of this time was spent on the North Atlantic route with its violent storms and the continual menace of U-boat attack. But there were other destinations, such as Suez via the Cape of Good Hope, and Casablanca—where the convoy sailed to repatriate 15,000 French troops after the fall of France, and found itself under arrest. In 1941 Admiral Creighton narrowly escaped with his life when the ship he was in was sunk by a U-boat near Gibraltar. Another ship in which he was travelling as a passenger, accompanied by his wife, was torpedoed and sunk by German aircraft. Besides a wealth of personal experiences Admiral Creighton gives us a broader picture of the work done by convoys throughout the last war. From his senior position, and with an intimate knowledge of the subject, he is able to convey graphically the true nature of this dangerous and vital task. “Rear-Admiral Creighton served for the three opening years of World War II as Commodore of ocean convoys, mainly in the dour North Atlantic. He was twice sunk, once near Gibraltar, the second time when going to take up a final appointment in Egypt. His narrative is enthralling....The life of an ocean commodore in war has rarely been described in detail; its responsibilities have never been better conveyed.”—British Book News “Twenty-five convoys...some fast, most of them slow, some to hot climates, but mostly that gruelling trip across the Atlantic to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the face of westerly gales, snow and ice which were often worse enemies than the U-boats.”—Evening News
Book Synopsis The Convoy Commodore by : Philip McCutchan
Download or read book The Convoy Commodore written by Philip McCutchan and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fighting Commodores by : Alan Burn
Download or read book The Fighting Commodores written by Alan Burn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1996-05-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Britain came terrifyingly close to running out of supplies during the Second World War, a group of retired senior naval officers returned to the sea in the role of convoy commanders, and thereby turned the tide.
Book Synopsis Convoy Commodore by : Kenelm Creighton
Download or read book Convoy Commodore written by Kenelm Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Convoys written by Roger Knight and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first account of Britain's convoys during the Napoleonic Wars--showing how the protection of trade played a decisive role in victory During the Napoleonic Wars thousands of merchant ships crisscrossed narrow seas and wide oceans, protected by Britain's warships. These were wars of attrition and raw materials had to reach their shores continuously: timber and hemp from the Baltic, sulfur from Sicily, and saltpeter from Bengal. Britain's fate rested on the strength of its economy--and convoys played a vital role in securing victory. Leading naval historian Roger Knight examines how convoys ensured the protection of trade and transport of troops, allowing Britain to take the upper hand. Detailing the many hardships these ships faced, from the shortage of seaman to the vicissitudes of the weather, Knight sheds light on the innovation and seamanship skills that made convoys such an invaluable tool in Britain's arsenal. The convoy system laid the foundation for Britain's narrow victory over Napoleon and his allies in 1815 and, in doing so, established its naval and mercantile power at sea for a hundred years.
Book Synopsis The Fighting Commodores by : Alan Burn
Download or read book The Fighting Commodores written by Alan Burn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1996-05-23 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Britain came terrifyingly close to running out of supplies during the Second World War, a group of retired senior naval officers returned to the sea in the role of convoy commanders, and thereby turned the tide.
Book Synopsis Convoy Commodore by : Sir Kenelm Creighton
Download or read book Convoy Commodore written by Sir Kenelm Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Convoy Commodore by : Philip McCutchan
Download or read book The Convoy Commodore written by Philip McCutchan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Convoy Commodore, Etc. [An Account of the Author's Experiences in Command of Convoys in World War II. With Plates, Including Portraits, and an Endpaper Map.]. by : Sir Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton
Download or read book Convoy Commodore, Etc. [An Account of the Author's Experiences in Command of Convoys in World War II. With Plates, Including Portraits, and an Endpaper Map.]. written by Sir Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Convoy Escort Commander by : Sir Peter Gretton
Download or read book Convoy Escort Commander written by Sir Peter Gretton and published by London, Cassell [1964]. This book was released on 1964 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Navy Comptroller Manual by : United States. Navy Dept. Office of the Comptroller
Download or read book Navy Comptroller Manual written by United States. Navy Dept. Office of the Comptroller and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Real Cruel Sea by : Richard Woodman
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.
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Book Synopsis Convoy Commodore... by : Kenelm Creighton (Rear Admiral, Sir)
Download or read book Convoy Commodore... written by Kenelm Creighton (Rear Admiral, Sir) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Crisis of the Naval War by : Earl John Rushworth Jellicoe Jellicoe
Download or read book The Crisis of the Naval War written by Earl John Rushworth Jellicoe Jellicoe and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Churchill's Arctic Convoys by : William Smith
Download or read book Churchill's Arctic Convoys written by William Smith and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain’s new ally. The early sailings to Northern Russia via the Arctic Ocean between August 1941 and February 1942 were largely unopposed. But this changed dramatically during the course of 1942 when German naval and air operations inflicted heavy losses on both merchantmen and their escorts. Problems were exacerbated by the need to divert Royal Navy warships to support the North African landing. Strained Anglo-Soviet relations coupled with mounting losses and atrocious weather and sea conditions led to the near termination of the program in early 1943. Again, competing operational priorities, namely the invasion of Sicily and preparations for D-Day, affected the convoy schedules. In the event, despite often crippling losses of lives, ships and supplies, the convoys continued until shortly before VE-Day. This thoroughly researched and comprehensive account examines both the political, maritime and logistic aspects of the Arctic convoy campaign. Controversially it reveals that the losses of merchant vessels were significantly greater than hitherto understood. While Churchill may not have described the convoys as ‘the worst journey in the world’, for the brave men who undertook he mission often at the cost of their lives, it most definitely was.
Book Synopsis The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943 by : Samuel Eliot Morison
Download or read book The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I: The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943 concerns Allied efforts to protect shipping, supply, and troop transport against Axis submarines and their supporting aircraft and ships. Morison discusses all U.S. naval operations in the Atlantic from pole to pole and in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Barents Sea, and Atlantic territorial waters.
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