Survivors of Enemy Action: Experiences of Merchant Seamen, 1939-1945

by Bernard Edwards

The war years 1939 - 1945 were the most perilous in the long history of the British Merchant Navy. The figures speak for themselves. With 2,535 ships sunk and 36,749 merchant seamen lost, the proportional casualty rate was higher than any branch of the Armed Forces except for Bomber Command.

The danger to the lightly armed merchant ships came from enemy air attacks, surface warships, raiders and, of course submarines. Prisoners were seldom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399042203
• ISBN13: 9781399042208
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"