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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair condition. J. E. Broome (illustrator). Popular Edition. Foreword by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, V.C., D.S.O., illustrated by Lieutenant J. E. Broome, R.N. 300 pages, illus., appendix, some foxing to text and inside boards, weakness to boards, rear board hinge has been reinforced with tape, some discoloration to spine, bookplate inside front board Introduced towards the close of 1914 by the British and French, Mystery Ships were deployed as an initially although decreasingly successful anti-submarine weapon. Their purpose was straightforward: to trap enemy (usually German) submarines. The author was a British Rear-Admiral who served during World War I.