The Merchant Navy (Shire Library) by Richard Woodman

By Richard Woodman

This identify tells the epic tale of Britain's service provider delivery, wearing unique items from all quarters of the area. At one time, British ships carried 1/2 the world's alternate. It finds how global wars approximately destroyed our service provider delivery, yet convoys battled directly to shop Britain from ravenous to demise. We see what lifestyles was once like at sea for service provider seamen and get a first-hand glimpse of them at work.

TOC: I: what's the service provider military? /II: Britain ideas the Waves /III: Britain's existence strains /IV: lifestyles at Sea /V: New demanding situations /Suggested interpreting /Places to go to /Index

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