The Quarterly Review, Volume 282William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1942 |
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... carried to safety from the Dutch East Indies to Australia . As at Crete , all such things as normal loading went by ... carried hun- dreds of famous statesmen and diplomats ( known in the service as V.I.P.s - very important personages ) ...
... carried to safety from the Dutch East Indies to Australia . As at Crete , all such things as normal loading went by ... carried hun- dreds of famous statesmen and diplomats ( known in the service as V.I.P.s - very important personages ) ...
Page 449
... carrying troops . Little vessels were wanted with light draft which would allow them not only to approach close to ... carried on in all kinds of weathers , a very brave and sturdy butterfly , her behaviour quite belying any suggestion ...
... carrying troops . Little vessels were wanted with light draft which would allow them not only to approach close to ... carried on in all kinds of weathers , a very brave and sturdy butterfly , her behaviour quite belying any suggestion ...
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... carry . This may be between 3,000 and 5,000 tons , and compares with , perhaps , 500 tons which could be carried in a long railway train consisting of 50 wagons of 10 tons each . In other words , a single collier can load as much as the ...
... carry . This may be between 3,000 and 5,000 tons , and compares with , perhaps , 500 tons which could be carried in a long railway train consisting of 50 wagons of 10 tons each . In other words , a single collier can load as much as the ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 1 |
The Neglect of Shipping | 2 |
The Méditerranean in Two Wars | 3 |
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