WAR AT SEA
BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS, The War History of the P. and O., 1939-1945, by George F. Kerr; Faber and Faber. English price, 12/6. OR close on 100 years the P. and O. Line has served Britain in time of war or the threat of it, beginning with the China Wars and followed by the rebellion in Ceylon, the Crimea, the Russian scare, South Africa and World War I. Thus when on August 24, 1939, the directors received a telegram from the Admiralty, "Your vessel Rawalpindi is hereby requisitioned for Government service," it was familiar routine. This well-illustrated volume tells the story of the part played by the company’s ships in World War II as troopers, armed merchant cruisers and freighters, of the loss by enemy action of the lives of 123 officers and men in the company’s service, and of 19 of the fleet of 36 ships. It is a valuable addition to the records of
the war at sea.
D.K.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 670, 9 May 1952, Page 11
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165WAR AT SEA New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 670, 9 May 1952, Page 11
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