The British Second World War Merchant Navy Graves in Timbuctoo

Society for Historical Archaeology, 2018

The Mariner's Mirror, 2017

2003

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord

The balance of Haarr's stories start with more general descriptions of submarine construction, operation, and life of those who manned them followed by briefer stories, often with quotations from diaries, logs or messages of exploits when on patrol. These vary from offensive operations off the still neutral or Allied European coasts, Heligoland, to the occupation of the Low Countries and northern France. Almost every operation, whether offensive, resulting in successful attacks or minelaying, RN or Polish and French patrols, are supported by frequent, clear photographs of Allied or enemy ships and crews, many with expanded cut-lines, maps of locales or even drawings of equipment on board. Quotations from crew members lends a sense of realism and immediacy. His twenty-eight pages of notes and references are more than just that, with many expanding on the reference and its relevance, a welcome change for the interested reader. The somewhat hard first winter of the war played a part for the submariners, as did neutral Norwegian and Danish fishermen, again illustrated by supporting photos. Haarr gives a useful assessment of the various classes and sizes of RN boats and their several Allied companions, such that we have an understanding of what subjective attack and defensive moves were controlled by the commanding officers. In the 18 months covered by this book, twenty s/m were lost in total, with losses attributed across the spectrum, four or five with uncertainty to this day: German submarines-4; to collision-1; to aircraft-2; and five each to enemy surface vessels or mines, several of these being either/or. Many patrols are described day-by-day once the area of operation was entered-North Sea, Bay of Biscay, or the Baltic. Others, particularly those involving minelaying-a frequent occupation-are more general, although frequently enlivened by quotations. Crews faced many hazards as they learned their jobs, capabilities, and dangers. Despite its 450 pages, this book is well worth shelf space for those interested in the submarine game.

2012

Journal of Material Culture, 2011

This article re-orientates work on the material culture of war by considering military material culture beyond conflict and demonstrating how military material culture has extended social lives and passes through value regimes, as do many forms of material culture. The article focuses on end-of-life military things, specifically the neglected field of naval vessels. It shows how the social and physical death of naval ships connects to residue military masculinities, particularly through the complexities of souvenir value. Drawing on ethnographic research with veterans’ associations, the authors chart how naval ships become ghostly and how this connects with the salvage of personal mementos, often of a military domestic; they go on to describe the ambivalence of these accommodations within a civilian domestic. The article shows how collective practices of ship memorialization disclose a hierarchy of souvenir value and how souvenir salvage constitutes a distributed sociality from the ...

Articles: [“Abrial, Jean Marie Charles (1879-1962),” 1:4-5; “Auboyneau, Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond (1899-1961),” 1:64-65; “Auphan, Paul Gabriel (1894-1982),” 1:65-66; “Bloch, Claude Charles (1878-1967),” 1:118-119; “Christie, Ralph Waldo (1893-1987),” 1:176-177; “Conolly, Richard Lansing (1892-1962),” 1:183-184; “Cunningham, Sir John Henry Dacres (1885-1962),” 1:215-216; “Fechteler, William Morrow (1896-1967),” 1:266-268; “Fegen, Edward Stephen Fogarty (1891-1940),” 1:267-268; “Giffen, Robert Carlisle ‘Ike’ (1886-1962),” 1:307; “Godfrey, John Henry (1888-1971),” 1:312-314; (with Spencer C. Tucker) “Godfroy, René Émile (1885-1981), 1:314-315; “Great Britain, Women’s Royal Naval Service,” 1:322-323; “Harwood, Sir Henry (1888-1950),” 1:341-342; “Hewitt, Henry Kent (1887-1972),” 1:347-348; “Holland, Lancelot Ernest (1887-1941),” 1:350; “Ingersoll, Royal Eason (1883-1976),” 1:379-380; “Ingram, Jonas Howard (1886-1952),” 1:380-381; “Keyes, Roger John Brownlow (1872-1945),” 1:415-416; (with Spencer C. Tucker) “King, Ernest Joseph (1878-1956),” 1:420-421; “Kirk, Alan Goodrich (1888-1963),” 1:423-424; “Knox, William Franklin ‘Frank’ (1874-1944),” 1:424-425; (with Spencer C. Tucker) “Laborde, Jean Joseph, Comte de (1878-1977),” 1:441-442; “McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick Robert (1893-1959),” 2:488; “McMorris, Charles Horatio ‘Soc’ (1890-1954),” 2:489; “Noble, Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam (1880-1955),” 2:564-565; “Reeves, Joseph Mason (1872-1948),” 2:624-625; “Sherman, Forrest Percival (1896-1951),” 2:660-661; “Stark, Harold Raynsford ‘Betty’ (1880-1972),” 2:709-711; “Wilkinson, Theodore Stark ‘Ping’ (1888-1946),” 2:801-802] The war at sea was a key aspect of World War II, one that is too-often under-studied. This comprehensive encyclopedia shares current understandings of the struggle to control the seas during that conflict—and it opens our eyes to the reasons sea power continues to be of critical importance today. Scholarly treatment of World War II is constantly changing as new materials inform new interpretations. At the same time, current military operations lead to reevaluation of the tactics and technologies of the past. Marshalling the latest information and insights into this epic conflict, World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia will enable students and other interested readers to explore specific naval engagements, while also charting the transformation of naval history through innovations in ordnance. In treating the naval aspects of World War II, this two-volume ready reference enhances the understanding of a part of the war that is often overshadowed by the fighting on land and in the air. The encyclopedia focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that shaped the world's navies during World War II, as well as the resultant battles that changed naval history. It also covers the numerous innovations that occurred during the conflict and shows how strategies evolved and were executed. Features •More than 450 A–Z entries •A comprehensive chronology •Numerous illustrations of individuals, weapons, and battles •Maps •A glossary of naval terms •A comprehensive bibliography, plus cross-references and suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry Highlights •Overviews the history of the navies of World War II in an instructive introductory essay •Shares biographies of the leading personalities of the war •Discusses naval strategy during the war, explaining the naval technology of the period in layman's terms •Provides comprehensive treatment of battles and information on principle campaigns

G. Stemm and S. Kingsley (eds.), Oceans Odyssey. Deep-Sea Shipwrecks in the English Channel, Straits of Gibraltar & Atlantic Ocean (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2010), 235-81. , 2010

2011

2014

Report on the wreck of IJN Submarine I 124; the iron barque Ann Millicent wrecked on Cartier Island, a site believed to be SS Koombana, but in fact and abandoned oil well, diving with Indonesian Trochus Shellers at Cartier island on board RV Flamingo Bay