Book of the month December 2024. The Rescue Ships and The Convoys : Saving Lives During The Second World War.

The book features previously unpublished photographs from the author’s collection accompanied by informative captions.

Look through these photographs and you will quickly see the unique appeal of England’s coastline.

The Dover Straits is the resting place for many wrecks and this book reveals the stories behind a selection of these unfortunate vessels.

This follow-up to Alistair Deayton’s David MacBrayne history tells the story of the other constituent company of CalMac, whose vessels, with their blacktipped yellow funnels, once flourished on the Clyde, sailing to Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Argyll.

Throughout the telling of Ardley’s tales, his story, sailing with family and friends, country walking and living life, he has maintained a normality.