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The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak: In the Words of the Survivors
Dilip Sarkar
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Description for The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak: In the Words of the Survivors
Paperback. The story of the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak by a German submarine which cost the lives of 833 Royal Navy sailors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 103 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162. In the Words of the Survivors. 160 pages, 103 Illustrations. The story of the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak by a German submarine which cost the lives of 833 Royal Navy sailors. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2. Dimension: 200 x 127 x 10. Weight: 152.
HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the first of the five Royal Navy battleships and battle cruisers sunk in the Second World War. The loss of life was heavy: of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero out of the German U-boat commander, Gunther Prien, who became ... Read more
HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the first of the five Royal Navy battleships and battle cruisers sunk in the Second World War. The loss of life was heavy: of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero out of the German U-boat commander, Gunther Prien, who became ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445607436
SKU
V9781445607436
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-48
About Dilip Sarkar
Dilip Sarkar has been fascinated by the Battle of Britain since childhood, he remains both moved and inspired by the story of Churchill's fabled Few, those young airmen who stood between freedom and a Britain dominated by Nazi Germany. Since the 1970s he has met and interviewed more Battle of Britain pilots than any other historian. He has researched the ... Read more
Reviews for The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak: In the Words of the Survivors
Compulsive reading'
ROYAL OAK ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
A new perspective on the tragedy'
SCOTTISH MEMORIES
Compelling... a window into a lost world'
DIVE MAGAZINE
A poignant story, giving a lot of personal accounts of the events by those who survived. Highly recommended.'.
THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE
ROYAL OAK ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
A new perspective on the tragedy'
SCOTTISH MEMORIES
Compelling... a window into a lost world'
DIVE MAGAZINE
A poignant story, giving a lot of personal accounts of the events by those who survived. Highly recommended.'.
THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE