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458 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 x 23 cm
This is the standard work of reference on all the merchant fleets of the world. The 1944 edition supplies the most exact details available about boats recently built and those recently sunk - information which reaches astounding proportions during years of war, and which is, to a very great extent, unobtainable elsewhere. The book is illustrated with more than 900 photographs and 2,400 line drawings of ships, 840 line drawings of house flags, and 1,520 line drawings of funnels for recognition.
Flag abbreviations -- Systems of nomenclature -- Introductory section -- Ship identification section -- Fleet list section -- Colour key.