CONTENTS Foreword The Men of the Merchant Navy The Sea Is Their Trade Sailing Orders Equipment for Battle Men in Open Boats Rescue Coming Shipping: The Plan and Achievement The Course of the Battle The Strategy of Shipping Wartime Cargoes Ships in the Thick of it Crash Landings The Great Convoy Routes Ships in Company "They Stand Towards the West" The Route to Russia Dangerous Corner "The Classic Convoy" Armadas to North Africa The Sicily Landings The Return to France