Author: Chalmers, Rear-Admiral W. S., CBE, DSC,
Title: MAX HORTON AND THE WESTERN APPROACHES.
Description: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1958, 2nd imp. of reset paperback edn., paperback, 254pp, coloured pictorial wrappers, a biography of the life of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO, who joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1898, his first command was Submarine A1 in 1907 and commanded submarine E9 which sank the German cruiser Hela in September, 1914. After various commands between the wars he took charge of the Northern Patrol at the outbreak of WW2 before being appointed Vice-Admiral Submarines in January 1940. This further experience of the use of submarines and his extreme interest in all engineering aspects of naval warfare made him the ideal candidate to Command the Western Approaches from November 1942, countering the threat posed by the German U-boats during the battle of the Atlantic, producing a naval force which, after intensive anti-submarine training and the creation of Support and Escort Groups, had the success of defeating Doenitz's wolf packs, rubbed at extrems., surface flaking at edges of spine, edges tanned, very good,
Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy max horton destroyer u-boat battle atlantic convoy wolf pack merchant escort walker roberts submarine
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Title: MAX HORTON AND THE WESTERN APPROACHES.
Description: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1958, 2nd imp. of reset paperback edn., paperback, 254pp, coloured pictorial wrappers, a biography of the life of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO, who joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1898, his first command was Submarine A1 in 1907 and commanded submarine E9 which sank the German cruiser Hela in September, 1914. After various commands between the wars he took charge of the Northern Patrol at the outbreak of WW2 before being appointed Vice-Admiral Submarines in January 1940. This further experience of the use of submarines and his extreme interest in all engineering aspects of naval warfare made him the ideal candidate to Command the Western Approaches from November 1942, countering the threat posed by the German U-boats during the battle of the Atlantic, producing a naval force which, after intensive anti-submarine training and the creation of Support and Escort Groups, had the success of defeating Doenitz's wolf packs, rubbed at extrems., surface flaking at edges of spine, edges tanned, very good,
Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy max horton destroyer u-boat battle atlantic convoy wolf pack merchant escort walker roberts submarine
Price: GBP 16.00 = appr. US$ 22.85 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 45097
- Book number: 45097
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