Автор: Robb Robinson
Название: Fishermen, the Fishing Industry and the Great War at Sea: A Forgotten History?
Издательство: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9781786941756
Язык: английский
Год: 2020
Формат: pdf
Размер: 14.9 Мб
Кол-во страниц: 216
Recent discussion, academic publications and many of the national exhibitions relating to the Great War at sea have focussed on capital ships, Jutland and perhaps U-boats. Very little has been published about the crucial role played by fishermen, fishing vessels and coastal communities all round the British Isles. Yet fishermen and armed fishing craft were continually on the maritime front line throughout the conflict; they formed the backbone of the Auxiliary Patrol and were in constant action against-U-boats or engaged on unrelenting minesweeping duties. Approximately 3000 fishing vessels were requisitioned and armed by the Admiralty and more than 39,000 fishermen joined the Trawler Section of the Royal Naval Reserve.
