Hi all I am very pleased to bring you news about the latest book, now available to pre-order from the publishers
Bustler Class Rescue Tugs: In War & Peace
A brand-new book
to help bring to attention the part played by the 8 Bustler Class Rescue Tugs
built at the Henry Robb Shipyard during the 2nd World War. This book
it is hoped will shed some more light on a part of this countries mariners
almost forgotten. The men and women who were rescued under the most trying of
times not to mention weather that would scare the gods, would I am sure give
great cheers to the brave souls who formed part of the huge maritime effort
both in war and peacetime.
This then is the
story of the small force of much needed rescue tugs that were built in wartime
conditions during the dark forbidding days of World War Two, when Great Britain
had only the ships and men to bring in the raw materials required to fight on
against the might of Nazi Germany and its Allies.
This is the compelling story of a small but very
significant part of work done over many years by His and Her Majesty’s Rescue
Tugs in defence of the realm, and to the benefit of seafarers all over the
world. Ron Neish’s very detailed account of the contribution made by HMRT in
general, and the Bustler Class in particular, is an excellent read, and has
brought to life the immense impact that these rescue tugs have had over many
years usually in dire circumstances, most especially during the Second World War.
For instance, who would have thought of mentioning the rescue tugs in accounts
of the many convoys that crossed the seas and were attacked by hostile forces.
This account is a fine example, helping to raise the
profile of the magnificence of these small but immensely powerful and dedicated
vessels, and of course their highly skilled crews without whom these heroic
achievements would not have been possible.
