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Автор: Edney Cmdr Walter P
Название: Scuppers to Skipper
ISBN: 9781508548669
Издательство: Createspace
Классификация:

Военная история

Военные действия и оборона

ISBN-10: 1508548668
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 108
Вес: 0.15 кг.
Дата издания: 28.02.2015
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 6
Поставляется из: США
Описание: This book provides both a personal story and a deep insight into life in the Royal Navy during the mid 20th Century. It contains fascinating details of daily life aboard ship as well as exciting accounts of wartime action in North Atlantic convoy duty - including the infamous sinking of two U-boat aces Otto Kretschmer in U-99 and Joachim Schepke in U-100 in a single night.Walter Edney joined the Royal Navy in 1934 at the lowest rank: a boy seaman. Over the next 25 years, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a Commissioned Officer and the commander of HMS Fenton. To do this he had to cross a huge class divide between lower ranks and higher ranks and his promotion was exceptional.This book is taken directly from his personal memoirs written based on the detailed dairies that he kept through his life. As a result it provides a first-hand account of Naval life as well as a warm personal story.During his career, Walter Edney served on HMS Iron Duke, HMS Nelson, HMS Maidstone, HMS Vanoc, HMS Sheffield, HMS Constance among others. Before WW2 he showed the strength of the British Empire aboard HMS Nelson. During WW2 he fought on a tiny destroyer in the North Atlantic, protecting convoys of merchant ships against U-boat attack. He also landed at Anzio in Italy to provide a communications centre. After the war, in HMS Sheffield he toured the major ports of North and South America to show the flag and celebrate with the expatriate British communities. In the Korean war he patrolled Korean waters under threat of hostile fire and, finally, during the Cyprus crisis he patrolled in the Mediterranean Sea.Throughout all this he raised a family of four children and was devoted to his wife, Thelma, who he married during WW2.This book is an authentic account of Navy life written by hands that had done all the jobs from scrubbing the decks to saluting the Duke of Edinburgh.

Scuppers to Skipper, Edney Cmdr Walter P