Books
Listed here are the books that have been read during the production
of this site. Some have been quoted extensively, others have offered
just a few sentences. All have contributed to filling in the
background to the operations the Halcyons were involved in. Some are
still in print, most have been found using a combination of
www.usedbooksearch.co.uk/
and www.ebay.co.uk
The immense contribution made to
this site by the authors and organisations listed below and
elsewhere is acknowledged. It has not proved practicable to contact
all those mentioned to seek their permission but it is hoped that
they accept the spirit of this project and have no objections to
their material appearing here. I will of course be pleased make any
amendments, additions or removals requested by the original
producers of the material. |
|
Author |
Title |
Comments |
| Paul Kemp |
CONVOY! Drama in
Arctic Waters |
This was the first
book I bought because of the reference to Sharpshooter. It
gives an excellent review of the Russian Convoys. |
| Richard
Woodman |
Arctic
Convoys 1941-1945 |
The
second book I found which also gives an excellent, comprehensive
review of the convoys. |
| The two books
shown above form the basis of many of the comments in the 'Ships'
Histories' section about the ships' time in Arctic Waters.
Unfortunately, these have not been referenced separately in the text
but the significant contribution they make to the histories of the
ships is acknowledged. |
| Jack Williams |
Fleet Sweepers at War |
You may
be interested in linking to our website as we hold the Jack Williams
Collection. Jack donated many of his books and research to our
University and it holds a wealth of information. In particular there
is a volume which contains a collection of papers, cuttings and
correspondence on Halcyon-class fleet minesweepers. We also have
many other volumes like this on minesweepers and Algerines. Over the
next year or so, we intend to provide a detailed list of the
contents and ships covered in these volumes, but in the mean time we
would like to encourage people to contact us and use this fantastic
collection.
Feb 2009
http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/speccoll/jackwilliams.htm |
| Jack Williams |
They Led The Way |
|
The above two books by Jack
Williams contain the main references to the history of the Halcyons. |
| Capt J Broome |
Convoy is to Scatter |
Arctic |
| I Campbell & D
Macintyre |
The Kola Run |
Arctic |
| David Irving |
Destruction of Convoy
PQ17 |
A full transcript of this book may be
read at:
http://peiper.xoompages.com/Books/convoypq17 |
| P Lund & H Ludlam |
PQ17 - Convoy to Hell |
Arctic |
| F Pearce |
The Ship that
Torpedoed Herself |
Arctic |
| D Pope |
73 North |
Arctic |
| R Ruegg & A Hague |
Convoys to Russia |
Arctic |
| Vice Admiral
Schofield |
The Arctic Convoys |
Arctic |
| P C Smith |
Convoy PQ18 Arctic Victory |
Arctic |
| R Ransome-Wallis |
Two Red Stripes |
|
| Godfrey Winn |
PQ17 |
Arctic |
| P Lund & H Ludlam |
Out Sweeps -
Minesweepers of WW2 |
|
| F Pearce |
Last Call for HMS
Edinburgh |
Arctic |
| Robert Hughes |
Flagship to Murmansk |
Arctic |
| Ewart Brookes |
The Gates of Hell |
Arctic |
| Max Arthur |
Lost Voices of the
Royal Navy |
|
| Michael Pearson |
Red Sky in the
Morning |
Arctic |
| Fred Herman |
Dynamite Cargo |
Arctic |
| F Pearce |
Running the Gauntlet |
Arctic |
| Georges Blond |
Ordeal Below Zero |
Arctic |
| P Lund & H Ludlam |
Trawlers go to War |
|
| William Griffiths |
My Darling Children |
|
| Charles
Graves |
Life Line |
|
| A Cecil Hampshire |
Lilliput Fleet |
|
| P Lund & H Ludlam |
Night of the U Boats |
|
| Paul Kemp |
Friendly Fire at Sea |
|
| Gordon Holman |
Stand by to Beach |
D Day |
| Com K Edwards |
Operation Neptune |
D Day |
| Brendan Maher |
A Passage to Sword
Beach |
D Day |
| Bernard Edwards |
The Road to Russia" (Arctic Convoys 1942) |
ISBN: 0850528984 |
| F Pearce |
Heroes of the Fourth
Service |
Merchant Navy |
| Hilbert Hardy |
The Minesweeper's
Victory |
|
| Paul Kemp |
Friend or Foe |
ISBN 0-08052-385-0 |
| Jack L S Coulter |
The Royal Naval
Medical Service Vol II |
Arctic etc |
| CET Warren & J Benson |
The Admiralty Regrets |
The sinking of HM
Submarine Thetis |
| Walter Lord |
The Miracle of
Dunkirk |
|
| Hugh Sebag Montefiore |
Enigma - The Battle
for the Code |
|
| Shankland & Hunter |
Malta Convoy |
Operation Pedestal |
| Rear Admiral G S
Ritchie |
No Day Too Long - A
Hydrographer's Tale |
Survey ships |
| Rear Admiral R O
Morris |
Charts and Surveys in
Peace and War |
Survey ships |
| |
|
|
| Lenton & Colledge |
Warships of WW2 -
Sloops & Frigates |
|
| M P Cocker |
Mine Warfare Vessels
of the Royal Navy 1908 to date |
|
| HMSO |
His Majesty's
Minesweepers |
|
| Peter Elliott |
Allied Minesweeping
in WW2 |
Minesweeping |
| J F Turner |
Service Most Silent |
Mine clearance |
| S A Kerslake |
Coxswain in the
Northern Convoys |
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