Title: Exceptional research book
Product review: This comprehensive listing of the world's ocean- going merchant ship fleet of 1939 is surely destined to become a standard reference work for it not only fills a long outstanding gap in marine literature,but it is also researched and compiled by a former Lloyd's editor and acknowledged expert on twentieth-century merchant shipping.It is not too difficult to research ships and shipowning companies of this era, if you know where to look and have plenty of time to spare and so to find so much under one cover will be of great benefit to any user of this book.The entries contain an enormous amount of information, not only on individual ships,but also their owners and services operated.Two appendices covering ships lost during the Second World War and changes that occurred during the same period add to this splendid work,which also has a selection of over 300 photographs.
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