| Entry Text: | SMITH, Peter C. Fighting Flotilla: HMS Laforey and her Sister Ships. 224p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1976. ISBN: 0718303148. A description of the design, building, and service of the L Class destroyers. The 'Laforeys' were the largest, most powerfully armed and successful ships of this type to see frontline action with the Royal Navy in WWII. Well-produced and more than competently described. Reprinted in 2010 by Pen and Sword Mari-time (ISBN: 9781848842731) with the new subtitle RN Laforey Class Destroyers in World War II. |
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