The Blockaders
By A. Cecil Hampshire
Published By William Kimber & Company, Ltd.
Year Published 1980
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
This book is one on the German blockade runners and their attempts to thwart the British blockade during the First and Second World Wars. The author has provided excellent information on a seldom written about subject. This book tells the story of a vital aspect of naval war and the courage and endurance of the officers and men assigned to stopping the Blockaders. In many ways the is a history of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), which was nothing more than a third rate passenger/freighter with some naval guns attached to interdict the blockade runner.
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By A. Cecil Hampshire
Published By William Kimber & Company, Ltd.
Year Published 1980
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
This book is one on the German blockade runners and their attempts to thwart the British blockade during the First and Second World Wars. The author has provided excellent information on a seldom written about subject. This book tells the story of a vital aspect of naval war and the courage and endurance of the officers and men assigned to stopping the Blockaders. In many ways the is a history of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), which was nothing more than a third rate passenger/freighter with some naval guns attached to interdict the blockade runner.
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By A. Cecil Hampshire
Published By William Kimber & Company, Ltd.
Year Published 1980
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
This book is one on the German blockade runners and their attempts to thwart the British blockade during the First and Second World Wars. The author has provided excellent information on a seldom written about subject. This book tells the story of a vital aspect of naval war and the courage and endurance of the officers and men assigned to stopping the Blockaders. In many ways the is a history of the Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC), which was nothing more than a third rate passenger/freighter with some naval guns attached to interdict the blockade runner.
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