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| 2322 | IZZARD, Brian. Gamp VC: The Wartime Story of Maverick Submarine Commander Anthony Miers. 272p., bibliog.., illus., index. Sparkford: Haynes, 2009. ISBN: 1844257258.
The previously untold story of a controversial wartime submarine ace and VC winner. Includes a full investigation of the war crimes claim against him made by Ludovic Kennedy. |
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| 2323 | JEWELL, N. L. A. Secret Mission Submarine. 159p., frontis. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1945.
The Captain of Seraph tells of his Mediterranean missions with General Mark Clark and General Giraud for which Seraph technically joined the USN. Continues with a description of more prosaic patrols. |
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| 2324 | JONES, Geoffrey P. Submarines versus U–Boats. 228p., illus. London: Kimber, 1986. ISBN: 0718306260.
Detailed accounts of the 14 cases in WWII where one submarine sank another. |
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| 2325 | KEMP, P. K. HM Submarines. 224p., illus., index. London: Jenkins, 1952.
A history by the Admiralty Archivist, half of it on WWII. Inevitably concentrates on the highlights. |
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| 2326 | KEMP, Paul J. British Submarines in World War Two (Warships Illustrated, no. 11). 64p., illus. Poole: Arms & Armour, 1987. ISBN: 0853687781.
An excellent series of 117 annotated photographs. |
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| 2327 | KEMP, Paul J. The T Class Submarine: The Classic British Design. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1990. ISBN: 1557508267.
A notably well-illustrated design and operational history of a class brought into service in 1937 which lasted well beyond war's end. |
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| 2328 | KING, William. The Stick and the Stars. 192p., frontis. London: Hutchinson; New York: Norton, 1958.
The wartime autobiography of the only British submarine Commander to serve almost continuously in operational command for those six years. He served from Norway to the Far East in Snapper, Trusty,and Telemachus. A revised version was published in 1983 by Kimber, entitled Dive and Attack. |
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| 2329 | LAMBERT, John, & HILL, David. Submarine Alliance. 120p., illus., index. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1986. ISBN: 085177380X.
Another of the very detailed technical studies, in this case of the submarine now preserved at Gosport. |
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| 2330 | LENTON, H. T. British Submarines (Navies of the Second World War). 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald, 1972. ISBN: 035603612X.
One of the series of small pocketbooks recording technical details. |
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| 2331 | LIPSCOMB, F. W. The British Submarine. xiv, 269p., illus., index. London: Black, 1954.
A history. Describes how submarines work and their development in Britain. Devotes 130 pages to a comprehensive chronological account of their notable feats and defeats in WWII. A second revised edition was published in 1979. |
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| 2332 | LOW, A. M. The Submarine at War. 220p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1941; New York: Sheridan House, 1942.
A general history of the submarine, with the material on WWII largely confined to the revelations of Admiralty communiqués. |
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| 2333 | MACKAY, Richard. Damned Un-English Sailors: British Submariners 1901-1945. 183p., illus. Penzance: Periscope, 2009. ISBN: 1904381502.
During both world wars the British submariner faced a one-in-three chance of death, a casualty ratio second only to the loss rate for the aircrews Bomber Command. Neither was he spared the perils during peacetime: until the 1940s submarine losses through misadventure averaged one boat per year. This is a social history charting the first half-century of the development of the Royal Navy Submarine Service. With much information taken from previously unpublished sources, it portrays their lives ashore and afloat. |
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| 2334 | MACKENZIE, Hugh. The Sword of Damocles: Some Memories of Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Mackenzie, KCB, DSO*, DSC. x, 276p. Gosport: Royal Navy Submarine Museum, 1995. ISBN: 0952669609.
The autobiography of a distinguished submariner. His war service was mainly in the Far East. |
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| 2335 | MANNERING, Guy. The Seas Between: Letters from a Submariner. Geraldine: GM Publications, 2003. ISBN: 0473090651.
Autobiography of a New Zealander. |
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| 2336 | MARS, Alastair. British Submarines at War 1939–1945. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1971. ISBN: 0718302028.
A wide-ranging and full account written by a participant in his own highly forthright and idiosyncratic manner. |
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| 2337 | MARS, Alastair. HMS Thule Intercepts. [xviii], 242p., illus. London: Elek, 1956.
A sequel to Unbroken. The author resumes his account of his war when he is given command of Thule and sent to join the Eastern Fleet in Ceylon. It takes his story to the end of the war. |
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| 2338 | MARS, Alastair. Unbroken: The Story of a Submarine. 224p., illus. London: Muller, 1953.
Records the author's career in command of Unbroken in the Mediterranean, mainly with the 10th Flotilla based at Malta. |
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| 2339 | MASTERS, David. Up Periscope. 176p., illus, index. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; New York: Dial, 1942.
A best selling account of the "immortal record" of the submarine service, clearly showing the constraints of wartime reporting. The third impression (1943) was revised and enlarged. |
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| 2340 | McCARTNEY, Innes. British Submarines 1939-45 (New Vanguard, 129). 48p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2006. ISBN: 1846030072.
A short basic but well illustrated introduction. |
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| 2341 | McGEOCH, Ian. An Affair of Chances: A Submariner's Odyssey 1939–44. 223p., illus. London: Imperial War Museum, 1991.
At the outbreak of war the author was Third Hand on Clyde based in Malta, then Freetown. On returning to the UK in mid-1940 he was appointed First Lieutenant of H 43, acting as a clockwork mouse out of Devonport. After a brief spell with Triumph he took his Submarine Command Course or "perisher" and was appointed to command H 43 now based at Rothesay, then Derry. In 1941 he went to Malta as spare CO and after a brief spell there and some illness returned to the UK to take command of the new Splendid in July 1942. She joined the 8th Flotilla at Gibraltar and later Algiers. After five patrols she was sunk in the Bay of Naples by a German destroyer in April 1943. The second half of the book records his imprisonment and ultimately successful efforts at a home run. |
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