Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: Our Penelope, by Her Company. 94p., illus. London: Harrap; New York: Scribner, 1943.

Originally privately printed. A mixture of songs, sketches, anecdotes, and fact, recording Penelope's career from refit in mid-1941 to her escape from Malta in mid-1942. US title: Our Penelope, June 1941–June 1942. It is clear from the introduction to the American edition that the major author was the ship's chaplain, John Palmer.