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This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and to those interested in the Naval History of the Second World War, particularly after the USA's entry. Also of interest is the late Prince Philip's introduction in which he says "This volume of his papers shows just what an important contribution he made to the national war effort." The Triumph of Allied Sea Power, 1942-46 in the second volume printed on The Cunningham Papers. Following America’s entry into World War Two, there was a necessity for the Royal Navy to strengthen co-operation with the United States Navy. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s brief term as head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington was to endear him to the Americans so much so that they proposed him as Allied Naval Commander of the Expeditionary Force which was to invade North Africa in November 1942. In October 1943, Cunningham was summoned to replace the dying Pound as First Sea Lord, a position he held until his retirement from active service in June 1946. In that time he presided over the invasion of Normandy, operations in the Mediterranean, the sinking of the Scharnhorst and Tirpitz, the defeat of the late surge of U-boat activity, the British Pacific Fleet, and the problems of manpower, the futures of the Royal Marines and the Fleet Air Arm, and the conversion of the Royal Navy from its swollen wartime strength to a much-reduced peacetime cadre.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Admirals --- Naval operations, British. --- Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, --- Great Britain --- History, Naval --- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. --- Admiralty. --- Australia. --- Canada. --- D Eisenhower. --- Fleet Air Arm. --- France. --- Franklin Roosevelt. --- Germany. --- Italy. --- Mediterranean. --- Naval Aviation. --- Royal Navy. --- Second World War. --- Sir D Pound. --- Sir J Somerville. --- United States of America. --- Warships. --- Winston Churchill. --- merchant shipping. --- submarines.

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A comprehensive picture of the life and responsibilities of an English medieval shipmaster. Using a rich range of examples drawn from contemporary sources, this book illuminates the evolving relationships between shipowners, shipmasters, crews and merchants. It also brings to life aspects of seamanship and the frequently harsh conditions on board. Despite a background of war, piracy, depopulation, bullion shortages, adverse political decisions, legal uncertainties and deteriorating weather conditions, between the mid-fourteenth and the mid-fifteenth centuries the English merchant shipping industry thrived. New markets were developed, voyages became longer, ships and cargoes increased in size and value, and an interest in ship ownership as an investment spread throughout the community.

Shipping --- Shipping law --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1300-1399 --- Merchant marine --- Maritime law --- Ship captains --- History --- Management --- Mercantile marine --- Marine service --- Captains of ships --- Masters of ships --- Sea captains --- Shipmasters --- Ships --- Ships' captains --- Law, Maritime --- Marine law --- Merchant ships --- Navigation --- Navigation laws --- International law --- Commercial law --- Law of the sea --- Officers --- Law and legislation --- English Merchant Shipping. --- Fifteenth Century. --- Fourteenth Century. --- Maritime Law. --- Medieval Shipmaster. --- Navigation. --- Seamanship. --- Ship Ownership. --- Ship Performance. --- Weather Conditions.