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| 2142 | WACKROW, L. J. H. Kiwis on the Messdeck. 144p., illus. Hamilton: Rimu, 1984. ISBN: 0908703015.
Aged 17, the author and four other New Zealanders joined up in 1941 and were sent to Aurora. This is a composite account of their and her service. |
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| 2143 | WALLIS, R. Ransome. Two Red Stripes: A Naval Surgeon at War. 144p., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1973.ISBN: 0711004617. This memoir is concerned principally with the two years that Wallis spent on London in 1941-42. After a short spell hunting German supply ships in the South Atlantic, London spent most of her time on the northern patrols and Arctic convoys. |
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| 2144 | WATTON, Ross. The Cruiser Belfast (Anatomy of the Ship). 120p., illus. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1985. ISBN: 0851779565.
A nuts-and-bolts view, elaborately illustrated with line drawings. |
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| 2145 | WINGATE, John. HMS Belfast (Profile Warship, 29). 97–127pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1971. A much briefer account than that in the fuller Warships in Profile Book. |
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| 2146 | WINGATE, John. In Trust for the Nation: HMS Belfast 1939–1971 (Warships in Profile, 4). 120p., illus., index. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1972. ISBN: 0853830835.
A profusely illustrated and technically detailed description and history of Belfast, a Town Class cruiser now preserved in London. |
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| 2147 | Saving the Best Until Last: To Commemorate the Commissioning of HMS St Albans at Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth 6th June 2002. 56p., illus. [n.p.]: HMS St Albans Welfare Committee, 2002.
The current ship is a Type 23 Frigate. This souvenir has a short account of the fifth of name, the Norwegian manned Town Class destroyer. |
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| 2148 | ALDEN, John D. Flush Decks and Four Pipes (Sea Power Monograph, no. 2). [iv], 59p., illus. Annapolis: USNIP, 1965. ISBN: 0870211862.
A careful and loving history of an important class of American vessels, including those sent to Britain in the destroyers for bases deal. Revised printing issued in 1989. |
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| 2149 | ALSTON, Mike. Destroyer & Preserver: The Story of HMS Middleton & Her Ship's Company (1941–1946). [xi], 244p., bibliog., illus., index. Maidenhead: Maphigrada, 1993. ISBN: 0952216809.
She was a Hunt Class destroyer commissioned on the last day of 1941. Within a month she was based at Scapa covering convoy QP6. She made a brief foray to the Mediterranean for the Harpoon convoy, but stayed in Northern waters until transferred to the Channel in March 1944. D-Day was followed by work in the North Sea then a refit. She was en route to join the Pacific Fleet at war's end. Full of crew reminiscences, this is a lively tale. |
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| 2150 | BARTON, L. R. Lucky Me. 126p., illus. London: Nonsuch, 1994.
The author served on the Hunt Class Bicester from her commissioning in 1942 until 1946 on the lower deck. She was active in the Mediterranean and he concentrates on this. |
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| 2151 | BLEWETT, Geoffrey. HMS Beverley: A "Town" Afloat 1940-43 & The Town Ashore. 254p., illus. Beverley: Alan Twiddle, 1998. ISBN: 1902508009.
The namesake town adopted the destroyer and this account shows how they were intertwined until her sinking in 1943. |
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| 2152 | BRICE, Martin H. The Tribals. 256p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1971. ISBN: 0711002452.
A technical account, with histories of each ship in the class. |
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| 2153 | BROOKES, Ewart. Destroyer. 212p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Jarrolds, 1962.
A brief popular history of destroyers. About half concerns some of the better-known British destroyers and their battles in WWII. |
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| 2154 | BURT, R. A. British Destroyers in World War II (Warships Illustrated, no. 4). 64p., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1985. ISBN: 085368748X.
Some 124 well-chosen and captioned photographs. |
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| 2155 | BUTLER, Richard Gordon. Her Name Was Matchless. [x], 173p., illus. [Sheffield: author], 1992.
Life on the lower deck of a fleet destroyer completed in 1942 and heavily involved in Arctic convoys. |
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| 2156 | CAIN, T. J. HMS Electra, by Lieutenant Commander T. J. Cain as told to A. V. Sellwood. ix, 282p., illus. London: Muller, 1959.
The tale of a destroyer that served with the Home Fleet then went to the Far East to be sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea. |
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| 2157 | CHAPMAN, Tom. "Water, Water Every Where": The Life Story of HMS Westcott February 1918–June 1946. vii, 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Northaw: Aedificamus, 1996. ISBN: 095117018X.
Concentrates on 1939–42 when he served on the destroyer. |
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| 2158 | CONNELL, G. G. Arctic Destroyers: The 17th Flotilla. 237p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1982. ISBN: 0718304284.
The story of the "O" Class destroyers which between them escorted 44 Arctic convoys. |
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| 2159 | CONNELL, G. G. Fighting Destroyer: The Story of HMS Petard. 271p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1976. ISBN: 0718304446.
Petard's wartime career as told by her gunnery officer and covering 1942–1944. She served in the Eastern Mediterranean and briefly with the Eastern Fleet. |
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| 2160 | CONNELL, G. G. Mediterranean Maelstrom: HMS Jervis and the 14th Flotilla. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber,1987. ISBN: 0718306430.
The little remarked Jervis had a "good war" with a record 13 battle honours and no deaths due to enemy action. A typical thorough piece of work in the style of the author's earlier writings records her career, notably in the Mediterranean. |
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| 2161 | COX, Harold. C Class Destroyers. 80p., illus. Burton upon Trent: author, 1994. ISBN: 0952333201.
A brief account of the four flotillas of destroyers built or building at war's end. A brief operational history is given for each vessel. |
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