A Merchant Navy Man's Story - An Engineer Officer's Wartime Experiences in the New Zealand Shipping Company 1939-1945

Published by David lionel Hodgson, Christchurch, 1998, 192 pages.

In 1938 Lionel Hodgson followed in his father's footsteps and joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an engineer. Twice torpedoed in the Second World War, he sailed in ships that carried vital cargoes to a beleaguered Britain. This book, written by his son, will be of great interest to seafarers and war historians as well as the general reader.