CONTENTS
| PART I | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I | THE MERCHANTS' SERVICE | |
| Our Foundation | [3] | |
| The Structure | [14] | |
| II | OUR RELATIONS WITH THE NAVY | |
| Joining Forces | [21] | |
| At Sea | [26] | |
| Our War Staff | [30] | |
| III | THE LONGSHORE VIEW | [44] |
| IV | CONNECTION WITH THE STATE | |
| Trinity House, our Alma Mater | [53] | |
| The Board of Trade | [61] | |
| V | MANNING | [67] |
PART II | ||
| VI | THE COASTAL SERVICES | |
| The Home Trade | [77] | |
| Pilots | [87] | |
| Lightships | [91] | |
| VII | 'THE PRICE O' FISH' | [97] |
| VIII | THE RATE OF EXCHANGE | [103] |
| IX | INDEPENDENT SAILINGS | [110] |
| X | BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK | [116] |
| XI | ON SIGNALS AND WIRELESS | [120] |
| XII | TRANSPORT SERVICES | [125] |
| Interlude | [132] | |
| 'The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband' | [134] | |
| XIII | THE SALVAGE SECTION | |
| The Tidemasters | [141] | |
| A Day on the Shoals | [147] | |
| The Dry Dock | [156] | |
| XIV | ON CAMOUFLAGE—AND SHIPS' NAMES | [163] |
| XV | FLAGS AND BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA | [169] |
PART III | ||
| XVI | THE CONVOY SYSTEM | [177] |
| XVII | OUTWARD BOUND | [184] |
| XVIII | RENDEZVOUS | [190] |
| XIX | CONFERENCE | [198] |
| XX | THE SAILING | |
| Fog, and the Turn of the Tide | [205] | |
| 'In Execution of Previous Orders' | [212] | |
| XXI | THE NORTH RIVER | [217] |
| XXII | HOMEWARDS | |
| The Argonauts | [224] | |
| On Ocean Passage | [230] | |
| 'One Light on all Faces' | [236] | |
| XXIII | 'DELIVERING THE GOODS' | [244] |
| XXIV | CONCLUSION: 'M N' | [252] |
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| APPENDIX | [255] | |
| INDEX | [257] | |