Author: McKee, Alexander,
Title: THE COAL-SCUTTLE BRIGADE.
Description: Souvenir Press, London, 1957, 1st edn., 223pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, during WW2 Britain's power economy was based on coal to produce electricity and for domestic heating. Great tonnages of coal had to be transported to southern England to keep Britain supplied. Collier convoys and their escorts used the swept channel around the coast, from the North East to the South Coast of England, under almost constant attack by air and sea. In the Channel soon after May 1940 an extra hazard was the long range coastal guns based in France used to shell the convoys, ills. include HMS Brilliant, unnamed trawler, convoys, MTB 48, air-sea rescue launch 130, coastal gun 'Winnie', etc., edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed with slight loss at extrems., several short edge tears, all repaired to reverse, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: ww2 sea merchant navy rnps royal naval patrol service channel east coast convoy e-boat alley mines minesweeper air-sea rescue launch winnie brilliant maritime rncf
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Title: THE COAL-SCUTTLE BRIGADE.
Description: Souvenir Press, London, 1957, 1st edn., 223pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, during WW2 Britain's power economy was based on coal to produce electricity and for domestic heating. Great tonnages of coal had to be transported to southern England to keep Britain supplied. Collier convoys and their escorts used the swept channel around the coast, from the North East to the South Coast of England, under almost constant attack by air and sea. In the Channel soon after May 1940 an extra hazard was the long range coastal guns based in France used to shell the convoys, ills. include HMS Brilliant, unnamed trawler, convoys, MTB 48, air-sea rescue launch 130, coastal gun 'Winnie', etc., edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed with slight loss at extrems., several short edge tears, all repaired to reverse, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: ww2 sea merchant navy rnps royal naval patrol service channel east coast convoy e-boat alley mines minesweeper air-sea rescue launch winnie brilliant maritime rncf
Price: GBP 26.00 = appr. US$ 37.13 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 44285
- Book number: 44285
See more books from our catalog: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping