{"product_id":"9781844864010","title":"The Tattie Lads : The untold story of the Rescue Tug Service in two world wars and its battles to save cargoes, ships and lives","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tattie Lads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ian Dear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnduring great danger and often terrible conditions in heavy seas, the  Rescue Tug Services worked tirelessly to bring  to port damaged vessels  and keep up the supply of food and essential items during two world  wars.They were first deployed towards the end of the First World War to  support and if necessary to salvage merchant  shipping that had been damaged by U-boat attacks. During the Second  World War they were needed even more urgently when ships bringing food  and other essential supplies to a beleaguered Britain were attacked by  both air strikes and submarines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough part of the Royal  Navy, the contribution of the Rescue Tug Service remained curiously  absent from the naval history of the Second World War. Yet the Service  had developed what a wartime American newspaper called 'a new type of  naval vessel--the British fighting escort tug' and had saved millions  of tons of shipping, both warships and merchant ships, not to mention  the crews and the precious cargoes. The  official history of the  Merchant Navy did not mention the Service either, nor did numerous other  books on the war at sea. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014 author Ian Dear was given  access to the archives of the Deep Sea  Rescue Tug Service which were  about to be disbanded. His research, here  and elsewhere  produced a  view of the war at sea from an entirely new  angle.  The result, The  'Tattie Lads' explores why the service might have been omitted from  the  official story, and reveals its fascinating history in a full-length   book for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781844864010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Conway","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596863877326,"sku":"9781844864010","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_bce45055-cf0b-4f71-aa4a-9ce701fcfa86.jpg?v=1637867642","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781844864010","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}