Derek Law's Bibliography

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DIVINE, A. D. Destroyers' War: A Million Miles with the Eighth Flotilla. vi, 166p., illus. London: Murray; New York: Dutton, 1942.

The story of Firedrake and the other F Class destroyers, in the first two years of the war. They began it with the Home Fleet and saw action in the Norwegian campaign, but are probably best known for their service as the original destroyer screen of Force H. US title: Firedrake: The Destroyer That Wouldn't Give Up. Reprinted by Sagwan Press in 2015 as a work of cultural significance, ISBN: 9781340301736.