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I am attempting to compile an index of all the shipping company or line war histories produced in the aftermath of the Second World War. Those that I have managed to acquire for my library over the past six months are listed below, (together with one of which I have become aware but failed to acquire: the Lauritzen Line history), are, I'm sure, merely a tiny fraction of the whole, and I would be most grateful to anyone who can add further examples: there are dozens of famous names, and hundreds of less well known ones, conspicuous by their absence from this list.
Some of the works listed are very short and general in nature; one at least does not even include a full list of the relevant company's ships; others are monumental works containing full lists of ships, casualties, honours and awards, together with detailed narratives of many of the voyages undertaken; a handful are general company histories with but a chapter or two on the war years (these are usually included only where I have been unable to find a specific war history for that company).
War Histories of the Shipping Companies, 1939-45
Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line -The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-45, Frank C. Bowen, 1947
Robert Alexander & Company - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Bay Steamers Pty. Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd.,anon., 1951
Ben Line Steamers, Ltd. - The Ben Line, The Story of a Merchant Fleet at War, 1939-45, anon., 1946; The Ben Line: The history of Wm. Thomson & Co of Leith and Edinburgh and of the ships owned and managed by them, 1825-1955 (* 1825-1955, obviously), George Blake, 1956.
Blue Funnel Line - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Blue Star Line – Blue Star Line at War 1939-45, Taffrail, 1973
British Empire Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
British India Steam Navigation Company – Valiant Voyaging, Hilary St. George Saunders, 1948
British Tanker Company, Ltd. - The British Tankers, Norman L. Middlemiss, first edition 1989, revised edition 1995. (* 1901-1995)
Cayzer, Irvine & Co. - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
China Mutual Steam Navigation Company - see Alfred Holt and Co.
City Line, The - see George Smith and Sons
Clan Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Clyde Shipping Company - Clyde Shipping Company: A History, Alan D. Cuthbert, 1956 (* 1815-1956 in 125 pp)
Cunard White Star Line Ltd. - Running the Gauntlet, How Three Giant Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-45, Alister Satchell, 2003 (* 1942-45 only, and only the Aquitania, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth are covered)
E & A Line - see Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited
Eagle Oil and Shipping Company, Ltd., The - Eagle Fleet - The story of a Tanker Fleet in Peace and War, W. E. Lucas, 1955 (* 1912-1955); Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited - Lion of the China Sea. A history of The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited, William Olson, 1976 (* 1873-1976)
Elder-Dempster Lines, Ltd. - The Price of Peace – Elder-Dempster 1939-45, James E. Cowden, 1981; The Elder Dempster Fleet History, 1852-1985, James E. Cowden and John O. C. Duffy, 1986 (* 1852-1985, but much more detailed than Cowden's earlier book)
Ellerman Lines - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Ellerman and Bucknall - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Ellerman and Papayanni Line - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Empire Transport Co., Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946*
Esso - see Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
Federal Steam Navigation Company – Ordeal by Sea, Sydney D. Waters, 1949
Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines, Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., The – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48, obviously)
Glen Line - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Hall Line - see Robert Alexander & Company
Thos. & Jas. Harrison, Ltd. - Thos. & Jas. Harrison: Record of Vessels Lost and Fate of Personnel During the War September 1939 to August 1945, anon., unpublished typed MS. prepared by the Company, c. 1946.
Alfred Holt and Co. - A Merchant Fleet in War 1939-45, S. W. Roskill, 1962
Houlder Line, Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
Houston Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Huddart Parker Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd., anon., 1951
J. Lauritzen Line - J. Lauritzen, a log-book of war, anon., 1945
Moss Hutchison Line, Limited – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48)
Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Oceaan" N. V. - see Alfred Holt and Co.
New Medway Steam Packet Company, Limited – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48)
New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd., The - Ordeal by Sea, Sydney D. Waters, 1949
N. I. T. - see N.V. Nederlandische Indische Tank-Stoomboot Maatschappij
N. V. Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
N.V. Nederlandische Indische Tank-Stoomboot Maatschappij - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
N. V. Petroleum Maatschappij 'La Corona' - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Ocean Steam Ship Company - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Panama Transport Company – Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II, anon., nd, c. 1946
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company - Business in Great Waters, The War History of the P&O, 1939-45, George F. Kerr, 1951
Port Line Ltd., - Port Line Limited: Brief Accounts of the Wartime Experiences of the Ships and their Crews and of the Shore and Sea Staffs on Service 1939-1945, anon., 1947
Royal Mail Line – Eight Bells, T. A. Bushell, 1950
Scottish Shire Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd. - The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-45, Frank C. Bowen, 1947
Shell - see Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd.
George Smith and Sons - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) – Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II, anon., nd, c. 1946
Stanhope Steamship Company Ltd., The - Jack Billmeir: Merchant Shipowner, P.M. Heaton, 1989 (* 1934-1963)
Sun Shipping Company, Limited - see Robert Alexander & Company
Tasmanian Steamers Pty. Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd., anon., 1951
Wm. Thomson and Co. - The Ben Line: The history of Wm. Thomson & Co of Leith and Edinburgh and of the ships owned and managed by them, 1825-1955, George Blake, 1956 (* 1825-1955)
Union-Castle Line – Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953, Marischal Murray, 1953 (* 1853-1953)
* All texts listed are restricted to the period of the Second World War except where otherwise stated.
I am attempting to compile an index of all the shipping company or line war histories produced in the aftermath of the Second World War. Those that I have managed to acquire for my library over the past six months are listed below, (together with one of which I have become aware but failed to acquire: the Lauritzen Line history), are, I'm sure, merely a tiny fraction of the whole, and I would be most grateful to anyone who can add further examples: there are dozens of famous names, and hundreds of less well known ones, conspicuous by their absence from this list.
Some of the works listed are very short and general in nature; one at least does not even include a full list of the relevant company's ships; others are monumental works containing full lists of ships, casualties, honours and awards, together with detailed narratives of many of the voyages undertaken; a handful are general company histories with but a chapter or two on the war years (these are usually included only where I have been unable to find a specific war history for that company).
War Histories of the Shipping Companies, 1939-45
Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line -The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-45, Frank C. Bowen, 1947
Robert Alexander & Company - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Bay Steamers Pty. Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd.,anon., 1951
Ben Line Steamers, Ltd. - The Ben Line, The Story of a Merchant Fleet at War, 1939-45, anon., 1946; The Ben Line: The history of Wm. Thomson & Co of Leith and Edinburgh and of the ships owned and managed by them, 1825-1955 (* 1825-1955, obviously), George Blake, 1956.
Blue Funnel Line - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Blue Star Line – Blue Star Line at War 1939-45, Taffrail, 1973
British Empire Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
British India Steam Navigation Company – Valiant Voyaging, Hilary St. George Saunders, 1948
British Tanker Company, Ltd. - The British Tankers, Norman L. Middlemiss, first edition 1989, revised edition 1995. (* 1901-1995)
Cayzer, Irvine & Co. - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
China Mutual Steam Navigation Company - see Alfred Holt and Co.
City Line, The - see George Smith and Sons
Clan Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Clyde Shipping Company - Clyde Shipping Company: A History, Alan D. Cuthbert, 1956 (* 1815-1956 in 125 pp)
Cunard White Star Line Ltd. - Running the Gauntlet, How Three Giant Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-45, Alister Satchell, 2003 (* 1942-45 only, and only the Aquitania, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth are covered)
E & A Line - see Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited
Eagle Oil and Shipping Company, Ltd., The - Eagle Fleet - The story of a Tanker Fleet in Peace and War, W. E. Lucas, 1955 (* 1912-1955); Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited - Lion of the China Sea. A history of The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited, William Olson, 1976 (* 1873-1976)
Elder-Dempster Lines, Ltd. - The Price of Peace – Elder-Dempster 1939-45, James E. Cowden, 1981; The Elder Dempster Fleet History, 1852-1985, James E. Cowden and John O. C. Duffy, 1986 (* 1852-1985, but much more detailed than Cowden's earlier book)
Ellerman Lines - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Ellerman and Bucknall - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Ellerman and Papayanni Line - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Empire Transport Co., Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946*
Esso - see Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
Federal Steam Navigation Company – Ordeal by Sea, Sydney D. Waters, 1949
Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines, Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., The – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48, obviously)
Glen Line - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Hall Line - see Robert Alexander & Company
Thos. & Jas. Harrison, Ltd. - Thos. & Jas. Harrison: Record of Vessels Lost and Fate of Personnel During the War September 1939 to August 1945, anon., unpublished typed MS. prepared by the Company, c. 1946.
Alfred Holt and Co. - A Merchant Fleet in War 1939-45, S. W. Roskill, 1962
Houlder Line, Ltd. - Sea Hazard, anon., 1946
Houston Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Huddart Parker Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd., anon., 1951
J. Lauritzen Line - J. Lauritzen, a log-book of war, anon., 1945
Moss Hutchison Line, Limited – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48)
Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Oceaan" N. V. - see Alfred Holt and Co.
New Medway Steam Packet Company, Limited – Semper Fidelis, The Saga of the “Navvies” 1924-48, H. E. Hancock, 1949 (* 1924-48)
New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd., The - Ordeal by Sea, Sydney D. Waters, 1949
N. I. T. - see N.V. Nederlandische Indische Tank-Stoomboot Maatschappij
N. V. Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
N.V. Nederlandische Indische Tank-Stoomboot Maatschappij - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
N. V. Petroleum Maatschappij 'La Corona' - Tanker Fleet. The war story of the Shell tankers and the men who manned them, W. E. Stanton Hope, 1948
Ocean Steam Ship Company - see Alfred Holt and Co.
Panama Transport Company – Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II, anon., nd, c. 1946
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company - Business in Great Waters, The War History of the P&O, 1939-45, George F. Kerr, 1951
Port Line Ltd., - Port Line Limited: Brief Accounts of the Wartime Experiences of the Ships and their Crews and of the Shore and Sea Staffs on Service 1939-1945, anon., 1947
Royal Mail Line – Eight Bells, T. A. Bushell, 1950
Scottish Shire Line - In Danger's Hour, Gordon Holman, 1948
Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd. - The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-45, Frank C. Bowen, 1947
Shell - see Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd.
George Smith and Sons - Ellerman Lines: Remembering a Great British Shipping Company, Ian Collard, 2014 (* 1839-2012)
Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) – Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II, anon., nd, c. 1946
Stanhope Steamship Company Ltd., The - Jack Billmeir: Merchant Shipowner, P.M. Heaton, 1989 (* 1934-1963)
Sun Shipping Company, Limited - see Robert Alexander & Company
Tasmanian Steamers Pty. Ltd. - War Service of the Merchant Navy. A record of the participation of the men and ships of Huddart Parker Ltd., anon., 1951
Wm. Thomson and Co. - The Ben Line: The history of Wm. Thomson & Co of Leith and Edinburgh and of the ships owned and managed by them, 1825-1955, George Blake, 1956 (* 1825-1955)
Union-Castle Line – Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953, Marischal Murray, 1953 (* 1853-1953)
* All texts listed are restricted to the period of the Second World War except where otherwise stated.