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Adventure in Depth
Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Adventure in Depth., hardcover, Very Good, signed book, 208pp. D/j not price-clipped, but a litle yellowed. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title-page. Also includes 6-page manuscript letter from the author.
- GenresAdventure
250 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
William Donald Aelian King
6 booksCommander William Donald Aelian "Bill" King, DSO*, DSC, RN
Graduate of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. A submarine skipper during WWII, his commands include HMS Snapper (1939–40), HMS Trusty (1941), and HMS Telemachus (1943–45). He was the only Royal Navy submarine captain to serve from the very beginning to the very end of the war, in addition to later becoming the longest living.
During his service in the Second World War, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Bar (DSO*) and the Distinguished Cross and Bar. He also received the 1939–1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, and War Medal 1939–1945.
He married married the author Anita Theodosia Moira Leslie (1914–1984) in 1949, eldest child of the well-known author Sir Shane Leslie and Marjorie (Ide) Leslie.
A highly skilled yachtsman, he singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe in 1973.
In 2009, he was the subject of the documentary film "King of the Waves."
Commander King passed away at age 102 at his home, Oranmore Castle, County Galway, Ireland.
Graduate of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. A submarine skipper during WWII, his commands include HMS Snapper (1939–40), HMS Trusty (1941), and HMS Telemachus (1943–45). He was the only Royal Navy submarine captain to serve from the very beginning to the very end of the war, in addition to later becoming the longest living.
During his service in the Second World War, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Bar (DSO*) and the Distinguished Cross and Bar. He also received the 1939–1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, and War Medal 1939–1945.
He married married the author Anita Theodosia Moira Leslie (1914–1984) in 1949, eldest child of the well-known author Sir Shane Leslie and Marjorie (Ide) Leslie.
A highly skilled yachtsman, he singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe in 1973.
In 2009, he was the subject of the documentary film "King of the Waves."
Commander King passed away at age 102 at his home, Oranmore Castle, County Galway, Ireland.
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