WIGGINS, MELANIE - Fatal Ascent Hms Seal, 1940

Stroud UK: Spellmount, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1862273189. Illustrated by B&W Plates. Only slight wear to dust jacket. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.1 x 9.37 x 6.22 Inches; 272 pages; The story of how HMS Seal's crew miraculously escaped death in their flooded submarine but are forced to surrender to the Germans and endure five years as prisoners of war while bombs rain on Germany. "During a mine-laying expedition in May 1940, the big submarine became trapped on the floor of the Kattegat (between Denmark and Sweden), with little hope of escape. Three Seal veterans describe the terror of their experience and their desperate attempts to avoid surrendering to the Germans, who awaited them on the surface. Forced to raise the white flag, Commander Rupert Lonsdale and his men left their boat and were transported to German POW camps, where they remained for the next five years.". Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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