By Richard H Osborne
ISBN-10: 1473845858
ISBN-13: 9781473845855
After enjoying the Norway crusade of 1940, Manchester used to be despatched to the Mediterranean, the place she used to be all in favour of the harmful Malta convoys. On her first convoy she used to be struck by way of a torpedo and badly broken. at risk of sinking at any minute, her skipper, Captain Harold Drew, controlled to avoid wasting his ship.
Her subsequent operation used to be to end up her final. In Operation Pedestal, the very important Malta aid convoy, Manchester used to be back hit through a torpedo. This time, instead of probability the lives of his workforce Drew determined to scuttle his send. For this Drew was once court-martialled in what may turn into the longest such case within the historical past of the Royal Navy.
Using the testimony of these concerned, the hugely revered naval historian Dr Osborne items jointly probably the most interesting tales to emerge from the second one international conflict. Coupled with pictures of the destroy and an in depth account of its discovery, The Watery Grave: The lifestyles and demise of HMS Manchester, will shed new mild in this outstanding tale.
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