Author: Great Britain AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Notes on gunnery for defensively equipped merchant ships
Author: Great Britain AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Notes on Gunnery for Defensively Armed Merchant Vessels, Trawlers and Drifters 1918
Author: R. N. Gunnery SchoolPublisher: Naval & Military Press
ISBN: 9781783313754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Official R.N. Gunnery School handbook drawn up for the information of Masters and Trained Gunnery Ratings of defensively armed merchant vessels. Valuable information covering: General instructions; Instructions for drill and practice; Sighting; Care and maintenance; Drill for all guns; Single gun control; Single gun anti-aircraft control; Ammunition; Hints on shooting; Notes on the submarine. During the Great War the UK blockaded Germany and armed its merchant ships to help defend them against U-boats. A single stern gun, equivalent to what a submarine might carry, was mounted, and civilian captains were encouraged to flee and shoot back from their more stable gun platform. 766 civilian ships had been armed by December 1915, and rose to 2,899 by February 1917. Arming of merchant ships pushed Germany away from prize rules towards unrestricted submarine warfare.
Britain's Final Defence
Author: Dale ClarkePublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750969709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Known affectionately as 'Dad's Army', the Home Guard was Britain's very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In the 'Spitfire summer' of 1940, all that the 1 million unpaid, untrained part-timers of the Local Defence Volunteers (as the organisation was originally called) wanted was a service rifle for each man, but even that was too much for a country threatened by defeat to provide. Britain's Final Defence is the first book to explore the efforts made to arm the home defence force between 1940 and 1944 and describe the full range of weaponry available for Britain's last stand against invading Axis forces.
Defence of Merchant Shipping : Memorandum No. 10 : Fitting of Gun Stiffening and Other Measures Designed to Enable Merchant Ships to be Defensively Equipped in Time of War with the Minimum Loss of Time and Effort
Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher: London? : Great Britain. Admiralty
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ordnance and Gunnery Instructions for Naval Armed Guards on Merchant Ships, 1944
Author: United States. Navy DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval gunnery
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Ordnance and Gunnery Instructions for Naval Armed Guard on Merchant Ships, 1942
Author: United States. Navy DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval gunnery
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Defensively Armed Merchant Ships
Author: Great Britain. Admiralty. Trade DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed merchant ships
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Arctic Interlude
Author: Harry C. HutsonPublisher: Merriam Press
ISBN: 1576381188
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
World War II at Sea
Author: Myron J. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Merchantman Rearmed
Author: David William BonePublisher: London : Chatto & Windus
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description