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| 2162 | DAVIES, John. Lower Deck. x, 173p. London: Macmillan, 1945.
Describes the career of the fictional Tribal HMS Skye, during six weeks in 1942. Her service until her sinking in the Eastern Mediterranean is recorded. A sequel to The Stone Frigate. |
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| 2163 | DEAN, C. G. T. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), 1919–1953. 329p., illus., index. Preston: Loyal Regiment, 1955.
This history of the regiment includes a two page biography of Loyal, their chummy ship. |
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| 2164 | DICKENS, Peter. HMS Hesperus (Warship Profile, 20). 173–196pp., bibliog., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1972
An examination of the weapons and performance of the ex-Brazilian H Class destroyers, concentrating on Hesperus. They figured prominently in the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 2165 | 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. |
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| 2166 | DYMOND, Shawn & MASON, Janet. 'Tetcott: The Thrill of the Chase. The Story of the Hunt Class Destroyer HMS Tetcott 1941-1957. 260p., bibliog., illus., index. Holsworthy: Holsworthy Museum Society, 2006. ISBN: 0954802322.
The story of a ship which served tirelessly in the Mediterranean. |
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| 2167 | ENDACOTT, Edward W. Tally-Ho Dulverton. [ii], 38p., illus. [Fareham: author], 1992.
Brief memoirs of an ERA who served from fitting out until two weeks before her sinking. Dulverton was a Mediterranean-based Hunt class. Interesting for showing the concerns of the engine room. |
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| 2168 | ENGLISH, John. Afridi to Nizam: British Fleet Destroyers 1937-43. 152p., illus. Gravesend: World Ship Society, 2001. ISBN: 0905617950.
A good reference work detailing the construction and service of these groups of destroyers. |
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| 2169 | ENGLISH, John. Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s. 144p., illus., index. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1993. ISBN: 0905617649.
A fully illustrated description of the design, building, equipment, and service of the destroyers of the inter-war period. |
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| 2170 | ENGLISH, John. The Hunts: A History of the Design, Development and Careers of the 86 Destroyers of this Class Built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. 108p., plan., illus. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1987. ISBN: 0905617444.
A good account with a few paragraphs on the career of each ship. |
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| 2171 | ENGLISH, John. Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941-45. 216p., illus., index. Windsor: World Ship Society, 2008. ISBN: 0956076904.
This volume completes perhaps the definitive series on the creation and deployment of Britain's wartime destroyers. |
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| 2172 | ERWOOD, Peter. Of One Company: The Story of HMS Cavalier, the Last Destroyer. 85p., illus. Fleet Hargate : Arcturus Press, 1999. ISBN: 0907322697.
HMS Cavalier was one of 96 War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered between 1940 and 1942. She is now preserved and this is a short account of her career. |
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| 2173 | EVANS, A. S. Destroyer Down: An Account of HM Destroyer Losses 1939-1945. 216p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2010. ISBN: 1848842708. Published posthumously some sixteen years after his death this is a companion volume to his work on submarine losses. Arranged chronologically and with many first hand accounts it was and is clearly an unfinished work. There are many errors which inevitably make the book suspect as a source. Moreover the lack of any source notes, bibliography or acknowledgments is unhelpful and makes the work unreliable. |
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| 2174 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Ship Plans by A.D. Baker III. 320p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis: NIP, 2009. ISBN: 1848320493.
An excellent account from a major author, focusing on the inter-war year destroyers. |
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| 2175 | FRIEDMAN, Norman. British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Ships Plans by A.D. Baker III, with additional drawings by Alan Raven. 352p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham; St Paul, MN: MBI Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 1861761376.
Roughly one-third of the book covers the design, construction and lessons from the war-built construction. An excellent and lucid guide. |
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| 2176 | GRIGGS, G. P. Destroyer at War. 128p. London: Hutchinson, 1942.
Examines wartime life on a destroyer in fictional form. |
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| 2177 | HAGUE, Arnold. Destroyers for Great Britain: A History of 50 Town Class Ships Transferred from the United States to Great Britain in 1940. 112p., illus. London: Greenhill, 1990. ISBN: 1853670758.
A revised and expanded version of the work first published by the World Ship Society in 1988. Well-illustrated with a few paragraphs on the career of each vessel. |
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| 2178 | HAGUE, Arnold. The Towns: A History of the Fifty Destroyers Transferred from the United States to Great Britain in 1940. 92p., illus., index. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1988. ISBN: 0905617487.
A heavily illustrated account of each of the ships, arranged alphabetically, with details of war service and modifications. |
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| 2179 | HAINES, Gregory. Destroyers at War. 128p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1982. ISBN: 0711011109.
An illustrated account of selected incidents in which destroyers played prominent roles. |
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| 2180 | HARGREAVES, Harry. It Wasn't All Mayhem: The Musings of a Matelot. viii, 193p., illus. Preston, Compaid, 2005. ISBN: 1900604183.
He joined the RN via Ganges in 1933 and received relatively rapid promotion in the Signals Branch. He was serving in Tartar when war was declared and saw further service on Fernie and Wallace. He saw hard active service and this is an interesting anecdotal and opinionated description of life in hard worked destroyers. |
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| 2181 | HAWKINS, Ian. Destroyer: An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts of the War at Sea 1939-1945. 416p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Conway Maritime, 2003. ISBN: 0851779476.
An excellent work which focuses on the "B" Class destroyers through reminiscence, official record and contemporary newspaper accounts. Also has a few oddments from submarines and the Merchant Navy. |
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