Book of Naval Obituaries - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1904943691 ISBN 13: 9781904943693

Casa editrice: Grub Street, 2006

Riassunto

This work contains one hundred biographies which were published in "The Daily Telegraph" during the past twenty years - men of the Navy, Marines and Fleet Air Arm, as well as the merchant fleet. They include such heroes as the Atlantic convoy commander Peter Gretton and the submariner Godfrey Place, VC; the yachtsman and U-boat hunter Stan Darling as well as the corvette commander Charles Cuthbertson, model for the captain in The Cruel Sea. Bill Sparks, the cockleshell hero, and Derek Pounds, who fought behind the lines in Korea, represent the pluck of the Marines while "Hooch" Williamson, who led the attack on Taranto, and Ken Pattison, who had the best claim to have sunk the Bismarck, demonstrate all the dash of the FAA. Written with humour and insight, here are tales of the derring-do, skilled seamanship and steady judgement which characterises the Senior Service.

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• Editore: Grub Street
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1904943691
• ISBN 13: 9781904943693
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416
• Redattore: Davies David Twiston