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| 2302 | BAXTER, Richard. Stand-by to Surface. 208p., illus. London: Cassell, 1944.
A look at life in British submarines and a popular account of the achievements of the RN and other Allied Navies. |
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| 2303 | BLAMEY, Joel C. E. A Submariner's Story: The Memoirs of a Submarine Engineer in Peace and War. 278p., illus., index. Penzance: Periscope Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 1904381022.
After six years in the Royal Navy, Joel Blamey was conscripted into Britain's submarine service in 1926, aged 22. He went on to serve an unprecedented 28 years as a submariner, surviving peacetime accidents and World War II tribulations. This is his autobiography. |
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| 2304 | BRYANT, Ben. One Man Band: The Memoirs of a Submarine C.O. 238p., illus. London: Kimber, 1958. The highly readable memoirs of one of Britain’s most successful submarine commanders of WWII who survived more wartime patrols than any other commander, first in Sealion, then in Safari. He sank 32 enemy ships and damaged many more. Reissued by Kimber as Submarine Command in 1975. |
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| 2305 | CHAPMAN, Paul. Submarine Torbay. 187p., illus., index. London: Hale, 1989. ISBN: 0709038216.
The first commission of Torbay is described by her former First Lieutenant. She operated successfully in the Mediterranean, although the sinking of troop-carrying caiques without survivors by her commander Anthony Miers, has provoked controversy. The writing is of variable quality and can wander inconclusively, but the book has much of real interest. |
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| 2306 | CLAYTON, Tim. Sea Wolves: The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines. [x], 436p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Little, Brown, 2011. ISBN: 9781408702291.
A lively warts and all account of the doings of the men of the submarine service. |
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| 2307 | COOK, Graeme. Silent Marauders. 159p., bibliog. London: Hart Davis MacGibbon, 1976.
A potted history of British submarines. More than half is devoted to some of the better-known tales of WWII. |
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| 2308 | COOTE, John. Submariner. xv, 240p., illus., index. London: Cooper; New York: Norton, 1991. ISBN: 085052198X.
Largely the story of his time in Untiring, mainly in the Mediterranean, although his later career is described. An enjoyable tale told with great relish. |
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| 2309 | CRAWFORD, M. L. C. H. M. S/M Upholder (Warship Profile, 16). 73–96pp., bibliog., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1972.
A short technical description and operational history of one of the most famous British submarines of WWII. Also provides some general material on U Class submarines. |
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| 2310 | CUNNINGHAM, R. A. A Submarine at War: HM s/m Taurus 1942–44. ix, 313p., illus. [Plymouth: author, 1991]. ISBN: 095197050X.
Memories of patrols in the Mediterranean and Far East. |
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| 2311 | DICKISON, Arthur P. Crash Dive: In Action with HMS Safari 1942–43. xii, 212p., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1999. ISBN: 0750920890.
Dickison was Leading Telegraphist on Safari during this period and this is his illegally kept diary edited for publication. She was in the thick of the action. |
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| 2312 | DORNAN, Peter. Diving Stations: the Story of Captain George Hunt and the Ultor. xviii, 173p., bibliog., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2010. ISBN: 9781848843219.
The biography of a hugely successful submariner with 32 war patrols, seventeen of them in Ultor. Unusually he was a merchant mariner who transferred to the RN in 1937 and volunteered for submarines. He served particularly in the Mediterranean. |
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| 2313 | DRUMMOND, John D. H. M.U-Boat. 228p., illus. London: W. H. Allen; New York: British Book Centre, 1958.
A popular account of the career of U 570. Captured in the Atlantic in 1940, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy and saw service operationally renamed Graph. After being damaged in drydock in 1943, she was towed north, but ran aground off Islay. |
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| 2314 | EVANS, A. S. Beneath the Waves: A History of HM Submarine Losses. 439p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1986. ISBN: 0718306015.
An excellent if grim chronological account of the losses, half of which relates to WWII. The final voyage of each submarine is described, causes of loss evaluated, and lengthy extracts from survivors and official reports given. |
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| 2315 | GIATROPOULOU, Rena & THOCTARIDES, Kostas. H.M. Submarine Perseus: Whispers from the Deep. 157p., illus. Piraeus: Hellenic Maritime Museum, 2009. ISBN: 9789608853539.
She was sunk in 1941 with a single survivor. Mainly concerned with diving on the wreck. A bilingual text. |
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| 2316 | GIBSON, John Frederick. Dark Seas Above. viii, 286p. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1947.
War memoirs of a young submariner from 1942 to 1945. He served mainly in the Mediterranean and Far East. A slightly self-conscious account, which originally appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. Republished by Tempus in 2000 with photographs and establishing the boat as Taurus. |
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| 2317 | GRANT, David Renwick. A Submarine at War: the Brief Life of HMS Trooper. 128p., bibliog., illus., index. Penzance: Periscope Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 1904381332.
HMS Trooper's operational life lasted from commissioning on 29th August 1942 to her loss in mid-October 1943. This book encapsulates the life of a wartime submarine. It includes photographs and diary entries, log extracts and sailing orders and exciting personal accounts. Written by a relative of one of the crew. |
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| 2318 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Information. His Majesty's Submarines. 64p., illus. London: HMSO, 1945.
A guarded wartime account of the submarine service. |
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| 2319 | HART, Sydney. Discharged Dead: A True Story of Britain's Submarines at War. 208p., illus. London: Odhams, 1956.
A stoker's view of submarines at war, mainly in Northern waters and the Mediterranean. He served in Triad, Truant,and Thrasher before being transferred back to general service in the new frigate Byard. |
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| 2320 | HART, Sydney. Submarine Upholder. 208p., frontis. London: Oldbourne, 1960.
A vivid reconstruction of the career of Lieutenant Commander Wanklyn, one of the most successful British submarine Commanders, and of his exploits in Upholder. It often borders on the lurid. |
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| 2321 | HEZLET, Arthur. HMS Trenchant at War. viii, 184p., illus., index. Barnsley: Cooper, 2001. ISBN: 0850527848.
Trenchant commissioned early in 1944 and this is her Captain's memoir of a highly successful period in the Far East, notably sinking a Japanese cruiser. An excellent if brief tale. |
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