This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and produced by the NZ History team.
Links
- Allied merchant seamen of World War II: this Canadian-based site contains personal accounts and information on Canadian Pacific ships at war, including the half-New Zealand-owned Niagara and Aorangi.
- Battle of the Atlantic: this is an excellent Imperial War Museum site on the Battle of Atlantic, which is illustrated with photographs from the Museum’s collection.
- BBC WW2 people's war: this features a collection of seafarers' reminiscences and family stories. The BBC history: World War Two site has articles on the Battle of the Atlantic and an interactive convoy game.
- Explore the records of the over 2,500 Merchant Navy seamen in Auckland Museum's Online Cenotaph
- Norwegian merchant fleet: this presents detailed accounts of Norwegian ships and seafarers at war and information on numerous Atlantic convoys.
- RMS Rangitane: this is the story of the sinking of the Rangitane and other ships by German Pacific raiders in 1940.
- U-boat.net: as well as giving extensive information on U-boat types, operations and losses, this site features accounts of convoy battles and a searchable database of all ships sunk or damaged by U-boats.
- United States merchant marine at war: this provides a comprehensive history of the American merchant marine from the War of Independence to the present day, including searchable databases of United States ships and seafarers lost during Second World War.
Books
- Neill Atkinson (ed.), Hell or high water: New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war, HarperCollins, Auckland, 2005 (new edn, 2009)
