Merchantmen-at-Arms

About this eBook

Author

Bone, David W. (David William), 1874-1959

Title

Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war

Credits

Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) In memory of Thomas A. Noster, American Merchant Marine, from June 29, 1942-August 15, 1945.

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Merchant marine -- Great Britain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

31953

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31953

Release Date

April 11, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Merchantmen-at-Arms — Merchantmen-at-Arms — THE BRITISH MERCHANTS' SERVICE IN THE WAR — BY
2. 2.DAVID W. BONE — DRAWINGS BY MUIRHEAD BONE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.PART I
7. 7.I — THE MERCHANTS' SERVICE — OUR FOUNDATION — THE STRUCTURE
8. 8.II — OUR RELATIONS WITH THE NAVY — JOINING FORCES — AT SEA — OUR WAR STAFF
9. 9.III — THE LONGSHORE VIEW
10. 10.IV — CONNECTION WITH THE STATE — TRINITY HOUSE, OUR ALMA MATER — THE BOARD OF TRADE — "MAINTENANCE OF BRITISH SHIPPING
11. 11.V — MANNING
12. 12.PART II
13. 13.VI — THE COASTAL SERVICES — THE HOME TRADE — PILOTS — LIGHTSHIPS
14. 14.VII — 'THE PRICE O' FISH'
15. 15.VIII — THE RATE OF EXCHANGE
16. 16.IX — INDEPENDENT SAILINGS
17. 17.X — BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK
18. 18.XI — ON SIGNALS AND WIRELESS
19. 19.XII — TRANSPORT SERVICES — INTERLUDE — 'THE MAN-O'-WAR 'S 'ER 'USBAND'
20. 20.XIII — THE SALVAGE SECTION — THE TIDEMASTERS — A DAY ON THE SHOALS — THE DRY DOCK
21. 21.XIV — ON CAMOUFLAGE—AND SHIPS' NAMES
22. 22.XV — FLAGS AND BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA
23. 23.PART III
24. 24.XVI — THE CONVOY SYSTEM
25. 25.XVII — OUTWARD BOUND
26. 26.XVIII — RENDEZVOUS
27. 27.XIX — CONFERENCE
28. 28.XX — THE SAILING — FOG, AND THE TURN OF THE TIDE — 'IN EXECUTION OF PREVIOUS ORDERS'
29. 29.XXI — THE NORTH RIVER
30. 30.XXII — HOMEWARDS — THE ARGONAUTS — ON OCEAN PASSAGE — 'ONE LIGHT ON ALL FACES'
31. 31.XXIII — 'DELIVERING THE GOODS'
32. 32.CONCLUSION — 'M N'
33. 33.APPENDIX
34. 34.INDEX — Transcriber's Notes:

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