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MAP SHEWING INCIDENTS, DETAILS OF WHICH ARE GIVEN IN THE TEXT.
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A MERCHANT
FLEET AT WAR

“Aquitania” leading the Transports

A MERCHANT
FLEET AT WAR

By
ARCHIBALD HURD

Author of “The British Fleet in the
Great War,” “Command of the Sea,”
“Sea-Power,” etc. etc.

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1920

All rights reserved

Over the warring waters, beneath the wandering skies,
The heart of Britain roameth, the Chivalry of the sea,
Where Spring never bringeth a flower, nor bird singeth in a tree,
Far, afar, O beloved, beyond the sight of our eyes,
Over the warring waters, beneath the stormy skies.
Robert Bridges.

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PREFACE

During a war, which was at last to draw intoits vortex practically the whole human race—theissue depending, first and foremost, on seapower—there was little time or opportunity or,indeed, inclination on the part of British seamento keep a record of their varied activities. Thevery nature of many of the incidents recordedin the following pages precluded the preparationof detailed reports at the time. Nor can weforget that many of the officers and men, to whoseresource, courage, and devotion this volume bearstestimony,

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