The son of an engineer specialising in the design and construction of sea defence, Edwyn Gray was born in London's docklands in 1927 at a time when ocean freighters unloaded their exotic cargoes in the heart of the empire's capital. He attributes his love of the sea and ships to those early childhood days. He began writing in ... Read more1952 and has contributed to hundreds of magazine articles throughout the world. A Damned Un-English Weapon, was his first book which quickly established his reputation as a submarine historian. He has since written a further fourteen books which have been translated into many languages. He now lives in active retirement in South Norfolk with his wife. Show Less