10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROOPSHIP»
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troopship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
troopship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soldiers Lost at Sea: A Chronicle of
Troopship Disasters
Board of Inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and archived personal correspondence from the US and across Europe tell the story of some 50 vessels that went down.
James E. Wise, Scott Baron, 2004
2
Durban 1942: A British
Troopship Revolt
On 13 January 1942 hundreds of army and air force servicemen due to sail from Durban on the British troopship City of Canterbury refused to board the vessel in defiance of their commanders and of the British Military and Naval authorities ...
3
The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars And ...
... 1 .43-7.43 conv to AA ship; 10.12.45 decomm; 10.46 sold Queen Elizabeth 40-
2.46 Troopship; 46 returned Queen Mary 40—16 Troopship; 46 returned Queen
of Bermuda 30.8.39-4.43 amc HMS Queen of Bermuda; 5.43 MoYVT troopship; ...
4
From Trench and
Troopship: The Experience of the Australian ...
Between 1914 and 1919, every troopship leaving Australia or returning to it produced a shipboard newspaper.
This is the World War II illustrated diary of Capt. Harry A. Quigley, Troop Transport Commander of the "Monterey, " which was involved in the largest sea rescue ever recorded.
Captain Harry A Quigley, Harry E. Quigley, 2001
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Many Were Held by the Sea: The Tragic Sinking of HMS Otranto
[n.d.], accession # IMT.01.001, Otranto Archive W1/4a-w1/4, Museum of Islay Life,
Islay, Scotland. 37. [2nd Lt.] R. E. Condon, “[Report:] Loss of the Troopship
Otranto,” TMs, [5 pp.], October 21, 1918. Box 407, Misc. File Box 1 [Doc. 1–150], 1
.
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The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America
Last four-stack transatlantic liner: served as cruiser and then troopship during
First World War and as troopship during Second World War. 3. In service from
1947 to 1967. 4. In service from 1927 to 1958; scrapped in 1959. Served as
troopship ...
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World War II Sea War, Volume 3: The Royal Navy is Bloodied ...
At Nauphlia—Light cruiser PHOEBE, commando ship GLENEARN (8986grt) (
damaged en route by German bombing, but able to continue), troopship ULSTER
PRINCE (3791grt), destroyers STUART and VOYAGER, and corvette HYACINTH
...
Donald A Bertke, Gordon Smith, Don Kindell, 2012
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Business in Great Waters: The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945
1941, 376 Empress of Britain, liner (troopship): sunk Oct. 1940, 269–70 Ewart
Ruthledge, transport: sunk Nov. 1942, 498 Garm, freighter: andSC42,sunk Sept.
1941, 380 Gothland, freighter: ONS169 rescueship, 547 Gypsum Queen, ...
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The WRNS: A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Randy, Ceylon Tamar Hong Kong STE Southampton Sherbrooke Tamaron
Troopship Safeguard Southampton, Hants RNAS Tambaram St Andrew Tamoroa
Troopship St Angelo Malta Tana KJIindini, Kenya St Barbara Bognor, Sussex ...
Marjorie H. Fletcher, 1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROOPSHIP»
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troopship is used in the context of the following news items.
Century since tragic loss of Cornish lives on Royal Edward
100 YEARS ago today on July 29, 1915, the 11,000-ton Canadian troopship Royal Edward, requisitioned for war service by the British government, was off the ... «Falmouth Packet, Jul 15»
Centenary commemoration honours Niue's 150 soldiers
... Zealand to fight in World War I. Following a church service, they left on the troopship Te Anau with …Centenary commemoration honours Niue's 150 soldiers. «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
RMS Lancastria sinking that cost 4000 lives to be commerated 75 …
Two weeks after Dunkirk, HM Troopship Lancastria - a former Cunard liner that had been requisitioned by the War Office - was taking part in Operation Ariel, the ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
Families seek end to 75 years of silence over ship tragedy
HMT Lancastria, a civilian vessel that was converted into a troopship, went down off France on June 17, 1940, after being hit by German bombers during the ... «The Times, May 15»
Campaign to recognise the sacrifice of Gallipoli reinforcements
David Crampin has shared with Centenary News a piece about the troopship Royal Edward which was torpedoed by a German U-Boat on its way to the ... «Centenary News, Jan 15»
150 years of news: Reality of war confronted
SAD HOMECOMING: The troopship Willochra on its return to Wellington on July 15, 1915, with the first soldiers sent home from Gallipoli aboard. The Evening ... «The Dominion Post, Jan 15»
Convoys to hell: the inside story of the first troopships which left for …
ONE hundred years ago today, the first Australians set off from the West Australian port of Albany to fight in the Great War, which we now know as World War I. «NEWS.com.au, Oct 14»
Leopoldville - A WWII Tragedy Shrouded In Secrecy
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leopoldville troopship disaster was shrouded in secrecy for half a century. There are still many ... «PR Newswire, Oct 14»
Pompey Elliott enjoyed horsing around with cup-mad WWI soldiers
However, Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was concerned about the threat to the AIF troopships from marauding German warships. The British Admiralty (and the ... «The Age, Oct 14»
Te Kaha's departure from Wellington will mark WW1 troopship …
The refurbished frigate Te Kaha is to sail from Wellington next Thursday to mark the centenary of troopships leaving the capital to fight in the First World War. «Scoop.co.nz, Oct 14»