Author: [Hodson, J. L.], poems by John Masefield,
Title: MERCHANTMEN AT WAR.
Description: HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, many half tone photos and maps, two original poems by John Masefield, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official account of the Merchant Navy from 1939 to 1944, the ships and the men who sailed in them, the convoys and strategy, cargoes, armaments and catapult fighters, attacks by torpedo and aircraft, rescue ships, open boats and rafts, maps of the major convoy routes, examples of experiences on the Atlantic, Malta and Arctic runs, ills. include hold and deck cargoes, manned deck guns, convoys, rescues, loading plan, a convoy conference, Western Approaches operations room, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

Keywords: war ww2 navy merchant ship east coast convoy battle atlantic arctic murmansk kola malta trade tramp freighter coaster cargo tanker hmso western approaches maritime


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