Author | : Lloyd's Register of Shipping |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1890 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Lloyd's Register of Shipping |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roger Jordan |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781591149590 |
At the outbreak of war in 1939 the 6,000-plus merchant ships spread across the world's oceans became pawns in the global conflict that permeated the operations of every shipping line on every continent. This heavily illustrated book presents the details of those ships and describes the fate of those lost between 1939 and 1945. Divided first by country and then by shipping company, the book includes the ships of such great companies as Blue Star Line, Hamburg America, and American President Lines. Details of the builders, dimensions, funnel markings, propulsion, routes, passengers, and cargoes are all given in easy-to-read tables. Some 350 photographs illustrate a representative selection of the ships. The second part of the book gives the details of the losses of around 3,000 of these vessels. For merchant ship enthusiasts as well as World War II historians this is a useful reference tool. Many will see it as a magnificent encyclopedia of merchant shipping and a wonderfully nostalgic view of the golden age of shipping as well as an eloquent reminder of the horrors and waste of war.
Author | : Frederic Chapin Lane |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 944 |
Release | : 2001-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801867521 |
A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.
Author | : Dale Stephens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Military law |
ISBN | : 9780409350814 |
In a period of growing tensions within the maritime domain, this timely new book brings together a combination of academic and practical expertise to present an account of the critical areas of the law of naval warfare. It provides a comprehensive, academically rigorous and practically relevant treatment of the law applicable to naval conflicts that will be of value to governments and their advisers, defence forces, academics, students and historians. The extensive expert analysis of the key issues includes topics such as: ¿ Interaction with peacetime law of the sea ¿ Maritime zones ¿ Targeting, distinction and deception ¿ Submarine warfare ¿ Legal status of merchant vessels and direct participation in hostilities by civilians ¿ Blockade ¿ Prize law ¿ Non-International Armed Conflict at Sea ¿ New technologies and non-traditional vessels ¿ Hospital ships ¿ Intelligence collection ¿ Interaction with Australian domestic legal obligations ¿ Environmental issues
Author | : Nathan Miller |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195110382 |
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
Author | : Hansgeorg Jentschura |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Warships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William H. Garzke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Battle cruisers |
ISBN | : 9780710604040 |