Author: SNYDER, GERALD S.
Title: The Royal Oak Disaster
Description: San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean, bright condition, but has some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. Of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the outdated ship—the first of five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War—did little to affect the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but it had a considerable effect on wartime morale. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Gerald S. Snyder Maritime Accidents World War II Torpedos Maritime Disasters Sunken Ships Disasters
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Title: The Royal Oak Disaster
Description: San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean, bright condition, but has some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. Of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the outdated ship—the first of five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War—did little to affect the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but it had a considerable effect on wartime morale. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross." (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Gerald S. Snyder Maritime Accidents World War II Torpedos Maritime Disasters Sunken Ships Disasters
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49681
- Book number: 49681
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