1967–69) — three 128-page volumes with maps and diagrams Volume 1: The Early Mariners Volume 2: The Discoverers Volume 3: The Merchantmen Themselves Alone: The story of men in empty places (1972) Powered Ships (1975) See also MV San Demetrio Convoy HX 84 References 1903 births 1986 deaths English children's writers Carnegie Medal in Literature winners Maritime writers Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne Crane operators 20th-century English novelists British Merchant Navy personnel