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For the Kings Service
Railway Ships At War
by A. J. Mullay
In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before.
Railway ships took part in such actions as the Gallipoli landings, the Battle of Jutland, Dunkirk and D-Day. One in three of them failed to return. They were bombed, mined, torpedoed, set on fire and strafed, no matter
whether they conveyed materials or wounded patients. Their crews were drowned, captured, wounded and, in one case, put to death by firing squad. This book tells their story.
112pp hardback
ISBN 9 781899 816 16 3
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