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- francisnorman
- People in story:听
- F.N. Goodwin
- Location of story:听
- From the arcrtic to Cape of Good Hope from the Andaman Islands to St Joh's NF
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A1942634
- Contributed on:听
- 31 October 2003
Already published under the above title by the Memoir Club. It provides a record of a junior officer's war at sea and relies heavily on the author's journal at the time. It covers most of the more important naval activities of WW2 outside the Pacific Ocean.From tedious patrols in the South Atlantic to the Battle of Crete, Tobruk, Russian Convoys, Battle of the Barents Sea, Landing in North Africa and Sicily and the final spasms of the Battle of the Atlantic. A 'hands on ' account telling of life in the gunroom, running ships boats, intensive gunnery and other training prior to major operations. Includes a comprehensive account of the activitiesof a Castle Class Corvette shepherding convoys to Gibraltar and across the Atlantic.
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