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The tattie lads : the untold story of the Rescue Tug Service in both world wars and its battle to save ships, lives and cargoes / Ian Dear.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dear, Ian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Naval operations.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military operations, Naval.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Untold story of the Rescue Tug Service in both world wars and its battle to save ships, lives and cargoes
- Rescue Tug Service in both world wars and its battle to save ships, lives and cargoes
- Place of Publication:
- London New York, NY Conway 2016.
- Contents:
- 1 The lifeline nearly cut 9
- 2 Campbeltown 43
- 3 Saints and Brigands go to war 85
- 4 Dutch reinforcements and the remarkable Salvonia 113
- 5 The Assurance class and the Battle of the Atlantic 149
- 6 Lend-Lease to the rescue 182
- 7 The Mediterranean and beyond 199
- 8 Jaunty, the cripples and the feisty Empire class 218
- 9 The Far Shore 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781844864010
- 1844864014
- OCLC:
- 952477044
- Publisher Number:
- 60002103196
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