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Title: Merchantmen-at-Arms
THE BRITISH MERCHANTS' SERVICE IN THE WAR

Author: David W. Bone

Illustrator: Muirhead Bone

Release Date: April 11, 2010 [EBook #31953]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Merchantmen-at-Arms

[Illustration: _Frontispiece_ MERCHANTMEN AT GUN PRACTICE]

Merchantmen-at-Arms

THE BRITISH MERCHANTS' SERVICE IN THE WAR

BY DAVID W. BONE

DRAWINGS BY MUIRHEAD BONE

[Illustration]

LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS
1919

_All rights reserved_

TO

ALGERNON C. F. HENDERSON

AS REPRESENTING A SYMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING
GOVERNANCE IN AN IMPORTANT SECTION
OF THE BRITISH MERCHANTS'
SEA SERVICE

CONTENTS

PART I

PAGE
I THE MERCHANTS' SERVICE
OUR FOUNDATION 3
THE STRUCTURE 14

II OUR RELATIONS WITH THE NAVY
JOINING FORCES 21
AT SEA 26
OUR WAR STAFF 30

III THE LONGSHORE VIEW 44

IV CONNECTION WITH THE STATE
TRINITY HOUSE, OUR ALMA MATER 53
THE BOARD OF TRADE 61

V MANNING 67

PART II

VI THE COASTAL SERVICES
THE HOME TRADE 77
PILOTS 87
LIGHTSHIPS 91

VII 'THE PRICE O' FISH' 97

VIII THE RATE OF EXCHANGE 103

IX INDEPENDENT SAILINGS 110

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