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PADDLE STEAMERS AT WAR 1939-1945

by Russell Plummer

Published by GMS Enterprises. 1st. 1995

Very good condition. Compiled and Edited by Russell Plummer. published to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War Two, commemorates the part played in it by British paddle steamers and a tribute to the men who served aboard or were rescued by them. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos.

Covers lightly browned. Contents clean.

ISBN: 1870384393
Stock no. 1827402

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Vessels Requisitioned for War Service
  • The Clyde Steamers at War
  • One officer's evacuation story
  • 'Operation Dynamo'
  • With the Devonia before Dunkirk
  • Speeding home on the Britannia
  • Campbell flyer was at Dunkirk
  • When Lorna joined the Navy!
  • Laid-up vessels requisitioned
  • Priestley's fussy little steamers..
  • An Emperor answers the call
  • Some of the war's ferry stalwarts
  • The three survivors
  • Acknowledgements

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