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(More customer reviews)"Six years before the outbreak of the First World War, the Admiralty, in their search for a means to counteract the increasing menace of the sea-mine, had purchased into the Royal Navy two commercial trawlers." These trawlers were evaluated for their usefulness in mine-sweeping tasks.
"Plans for the requisitioning of commercial vessels from the fishing fleet, should the need arise, were put into place. Shortly after 1910, the first plans were lad for the recruitment or 'call-up' of men from the fishing industry to man such vessels, an organization which was to be known as the Royal Navy Patrol Service. During the subsequent two World Wars, over 3000 vessels were requisitioned by the Admiralty."
A chunky hardback from Maritime Press: cloth over boards with a sewn binding in dustjacket.
568 pp on glossy stock with b&w illustrations. Addenda. Index which combines to provide coverage for this (Volume 2) and for Volume 1.
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