Heart of oak /
Tristan Jones now looks back to this years "below decks" in the British Royal Navy during World War II. It is 1940, and Britain is struggling under the Blitz. Discharged from his sailing barge, Tristan is thrown among wartime recruits from all walks of life and, after a period of instructi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[1984]
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | Tristan Jones now looks back to this years "below decks" in the British Royal Navy during World War II. It is 1940, and Britain is struggling under the Blitz. Discharged from his sailing barge, Tristan is thrown among wartime recruits from all walks of life and, after a period of instruction and a fair share of punishment on the "hell-ship" HMS Ganges, he goes to sea-first on transatlantic convoy duties, and later on the arduous Arctic runs to Russia. From the destroyer HMS Eclectic, Tristan was privileged to be an eyewitness to the battle between HMS Hood and the Bismarck, and in Heart of Oak he describes the thrilling pursuit and eventual sinking of this legendary German battleship. -- from book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Sequel to: A steady trade. |
| Physical Description: | 282 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0312365985 9780312365981 |