| Name: | The <em>Jervis Bay</em> Action |
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Documents: 9
| 470 | DUSKIN, Gerald L. & SEGMAN, Ralph. If the Gods Are Good: The Epic Sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay. xiv, 270p, bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, NIP, 2004. ISBN: 1591148197.
A full modern account which concentrates on the human side of the action and its background. |
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| 471 | JESSE, F. Tennyson. The Saga of the San Demetrio. 64p., illus. London: HMSO; New York: Knopf, 1942.
The heroic story of a tanker in the convoy saved by the sacrifice of Jervis Bay. The San Demetrio was hit by the raider Scheer, abandoned, but later reboarded and saved by her crew. |
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| 472 | McAUGHTRY, Sam. The Sinking of the Kenbane Head. x, 139p., bibliog., illus. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1977. ISBN: 0856401242.
Describes the author’s upbringing and relationship with his brother, a merchant seaman who was killed when the Kenbane Head was sunk by the Scheer in the Jervis Bay action. |
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| 473 | McNEIL, Calum. San Demetrio. 127p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957.
The tanker’s famous voyage described by one of her able seamen. |
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| 474 | POLLOCK, George. The Jervis Bay. 206, [2]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1958.
Another account of this one-sided action. The Jervis Bay fought the pocket battleship Scheer and was sunk, but managed to save the convoy she was escorting by giving it time to scatter. Her captain was awarded the Victoria Cross. |
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| 475 | WATSON, Bruce Allen. Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of HMS Jervis Bay. xii, 194p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Praeger, 2006. ISBN: 0275988279.
A weak account. |
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| 4377 | EDWARDS, Bernard. Convoy Will Scatter: The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2013. ISBN: 9781781593769. Focuses on the role of unsung heroes. |
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| 5077 | KEMP, Ross. Warriors: British Fighting Heroes. viii, 328p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Century, 2010. ISBN: 9781846057991. A personal tribute which provides eleven brief biographies of men of courage and their sacrifices. It covers all of the armed services. This includes “Blondie” Haslar from the Royal Marines who led the Cockleshell Heroes, Captain Edward Fegen of the completely outgunned Jervis Bay who saved his convoy when it was attacked by the Admiral Scheer, and Malcolm Wanklyn, the submariner captain of Upholder who was lost in action in the Mediterranean. |
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| 5096 | H.M.A.S. Yarra ; Epic of the Jervis Bay ; H.M.A.S. Ovens. 6, 5, [1]p., [2] p. of plates. [Canberra] : Naval Historical Society, A.C.T. Chapter, [1983]. ISBN: 0909153213. Three brief essays. One Is on the three ships of name Yarra; One covers the Jervis Bay. Her Captain Fogarty Fegan had served in the Australian Naval College named Jervis Bay, while thirdly, HMAS Ovens is a post-war preserved submarine. |
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