Contents

SAILING TO ALGIERS: AMERICAN SAILORS ENCOUNTER THE MUSLIM WORLD
by Robert J. Allison

OSTEND WHALERS IN SPITSBERGEN AND THE DAVIS STRAIT: THE HISTORY OF THE OSTEND WHALING COMPANY, 1727-1734
by Jan Parmentier

THE BATTLE FOR CONVOY SC-121, 6-10 MARCH 1943
by David Syrett

HOSPITALS AND MARINERS: A STUDY IN GREAT LAKES MARITIME HISTORY
by John Odin Jensen

NEWS
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DOCUMENT: THE LOSS OF THE HMS VICTORIA, 1893
Submitted by J. E. Roberts