A Merchant Fleet at War

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“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
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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,