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N P 136 O C E A N P A S S A G E S FOR THE W O R L D THIRD EDITION 1973 PUBLISHED BY THE HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY Personal Property of SV Victoria Not for navigation © Crown Copyright 1973 To be obtained from the Agents for the Sale of Admiralty Charts Previous editions: First published 1895 First edition 1923 Second edition 1950 Oh God be good to me, T h y sea is so wide and my ship is so small. Breton fishermans prayer Preface The Third Edition of Ocean Passagesfor the Worm has been prepared by Commander H. L. Jenkins, O.B.E., D.S.C., Royal Navy, and contains the latest information received in the Hydrographic Department to the date given below. It supersedes the Second Edition (1950) and Supplement No. 2 (1960), which are cancelled. Information on currents and ice has been supplied by the Meteorological Office, Bracknell. The following sources of information, other than Hydrographic Department Publications and Ministry of Defence papers, have been consulted. British: Marine Observers Handbook, 9th Edition. U.S.A. : United States Naval Oceanographic Office Pilot Charts. Reports received from the Masters of a number of seagoing ships have been added to the extensive informa- tion on which previous editions were based, and have been embodied in the present edition.