THE ALGERINES
Written by Jack Williams
Published by J.F. Williams
in 1995
ISBN: 0952314118
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
THE ALGERINES
Written by Jack Williams.
Stock no. 1327876
1st.
1995.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Fleet Minesweepers of the Royal Navy 1942-1961. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 387 pages. ISBN: 0952314118. Slight rubbing to cover edges and slight marking to textblock. Spine a bit faded. Small booksellers sticker to lower margin of title-page.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald GCB
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Maps:
- Home Waters
- Western Mediterranean
- Operation Neptune (Normandy)
- South East Asia
- Eastern Mediterranean
- East Indies
- Western Atlantic
- 1. Construction of the Algerines
- 2. The 12th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 3. The 18th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 4. The 19th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 5. The 7th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 6. The 6th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 7. The 5th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 8. The 8th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 9. The 10th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 10. The 11th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 11. United Kingdom 1946-48; 18th/3rd/4th/1st Flotillas
- 12. The Mediterranean 1946-48: Palestine Patrol
- 13. The Fishery Protection Service; 5th Minesweeping & Fishery Protection Squadron
- 14. The 4th Minesweeping Flotilla/Squadron 1951-55
- 15. Algerines allocated to Training Squadrons post 1948
- 16. The 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla (Mediterranean) 1947
- 17. 6th Minesweeping Flotilla (Squadron) (Far East) 1947-1954
- 18. The Canadian Algerines
- 19. Algerines Transferred to Other Navies
- Appendices:
- A Ships of Class - Dates/Flotillas/Fate
- B The Danlayers and Motor Launches
- C Algerines deployed February 1948
- D Algerines in Fishery Protection Service
- E Naming the ships of the Class
- F Transfers to Other Navies
- G Camoflage Patterns
- Bibliography
- Index