The Rescue Ships and the Convoys: Saving lives during the Second World War

First published in Great Britain in 1968 by

William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh and London

This edition published in 2024 by

Pen & Sword Maritime

An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Limited

Yorkshire – Philadelphia

ISBN 978 1 03610 266 1

ePub ISBN 978 1 03610 267 8

Mobi ISBN 978 1 03610 267 8

The right of Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by his executors in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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