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Hunter Killers: The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy´s Most Secret Service
Iain Ballantyne
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Description for Hunter Killers: The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy´s Most Secret Service
Paperback. HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes.
HUNTER KILLERS will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now. Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in WW2-era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated seas.
There are dangerous encounters with Russian spy ships in UK waters and finally, as the communist facade begins to crack, they hold the line against the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409139010
SKU
V9781409139010
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Iain Ballantyne
Iain Ballantyne has been on both ends of a submarine attack. At the close of the Cold War he was aboard a warship forced to take evasive action in the Barents Sea when a Russian submarine launched a torpedo. He has also sailed under the waves aboard a nuclear-powered attack submarine, at one stage using the periscope to view potential ... Read more
Reviews for Hunter Killers: The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy´s Most Secret Service
an exciting, thought-provoking and very instructive book, most strongly recommended
SCUTTLEBUTT
Ballantyne has written an excellent book, presenting many exciting and never before told stories from British submariners who served during the Cold War...it is surely one of the most enthralling of Cold War submarine thrillers.
Cem Devrim Yaylali
WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW
Ballantyne has ... Read more
SCUTTLEBUTT
Ballantyne has written an excellent book, presenting many exciting and never before told stories from British submariners who served during the Cold War...it is surely one of the most enthralling of Cold War submarine thrillers.
Cem Devrim Yaylali
WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW
Ballantyne has ... Read more