The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak :In the Words of the Survivors

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The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak

The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak :In the Words of the Survivors

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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 the first submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. To the British, the raid demonstrated that the Germans were capable of bringing the naval war to their home waters, and the shock resulted in rapidly arranged changes to dockland security. Now lying upside-down in 30 m of water with her hull 5 m beneath the surface, Royal Oak is a designated war grave. Includes 103 Photographs
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781445607436
ISBN10 1445607433
Number Of Pages 160
Item Weight 155 g
Product Dimensions 124 x 198 x 10 mm
Publisher / Reseller Amberley Publishing
Format paperback
Edition 2nd Revised edition
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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 *

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Author's Bio

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 subject thoroughly and has published over thirty books, titles which include the only biographical works formally endorsed by the families of both Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson. In 2003, Dilip was made an MBE for services to aviation history, and elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society in 2006. He lives in Worcester. For more information please see www.dilipsarkarmbe.co.uk.

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