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| Title: | King Orry
: 1913-1940 |
| Author: | David Handscombe |
| ISBN: | 1871947812 : 9781871947816 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 225x285mm |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Weight: | 1.15 Kg. |
| Published: | Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) - August 2005 |
| List Price: | 24.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Ships & shipping: general interest |
This is the complete history of the Manx turbine steamer King Orry (III). The ship entered service in 1913 and tragically ended her career on the Steam Packet's darkest day, at Dunkirk on 29th May 1940, during which day three ships were lost to enemy action. The author has compiled the most detailed account ever published of a ferry's history, having to go as far as Canada to complete his comprehensive researches.
Introduction; The Edwardian Holiday Boom; The Birth of the King Orry; Entering Service; For King and Country; Tragedy and Tumult; With the Great Fleet; he Armistice,. Interment and Peace; At Peace Again; the phoney War; Operation Dynamo; Aftermath.
