£6.90
John Winton tells Warriors extraordinary life story – how she was designed and built, what life was like on board, what she did in her various commissions and her sad decline into a shabby hulk.
Availability: 1 in stock
John Winton tells Warriors extraordinary life story – how she was designed and built, what life was like on board, what she did in her various commissions and her sad decline into a shabby hulk.
author=John Winton
pages=96
Published=1987
Book Condtion=Ex public library book.library plate and stamp.generally excellent condition
| Weight | 480 g |
|---|
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Being a collection by a sailor of impeccable nautical qualities of the many and varied facts and myths of the sea. Full of salty yarns about ancient heroes and savage pirates, rowdy songs, dastardly u-boats, signal flags, grog and everything else.
Using eye-witness accounts and information gleaned from Admiralty records, this book describes the battles of the hard-fought Malta convoys
The fighting career of the WWII aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS which was laid down before the conflict began and fought in a wide variety of theatres. She was taken out of commission in 1968 after a useful and active life. VICTORIOUS played an important role in the struggle to save Malta, she escorted convoys on the notorious route to Murmansk, and went East to join the British Pacific Fleet during the final stages of the war against Japan where she survived repeated kamikaze attacks. Even after the war she was briefly in action off Malaya and Kuwait. Other wartime actions included the hunt and chase of the BISMARCK and the invasion of North Africa. Illustrated with 37 photographs.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.