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Famous fighting ships
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1975
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Donald Macintyre
60 books11 followersCommander Donald George Frederick Wyville Macintyre DSO & DSC was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War and a successful convoy escort commander. As Commander of HMS Hesperus Macintyre was involved in the Battle of Narvik during the Norway campaign and the Battle of the Atlantic. Following the war, he published his memoirs U-Boat Killer and authored numerous books on British naval history.
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November 8, 2013
A great book from my youth - a tour of four centuries of naval warfare through the lives of the ships that fought it. It starts with the Revenge and then takes a sometimes oblique look through the ship selections. ie not HMS Victory, but the French two decker Redoutable from whose mizzen top Nelson was shot.
Not HMS Hood or the Bismark, but HMS Warspite and the Scharnhorst
The section on USS Constitution ends with a section of a poem written to save her from the breaker's yard.
"Oh better that her shattered hulk
should sink beneath the waves
her thunder shook the mighty deep
and there should be her grave."
A requiem for all warships!
Not HMS Hood or the Bismark, but HMS Warspite and the Scharnhorst
The section on USS Constitution ends with a section of a poem written to save her from the breaker's yard.
"Oh better that her shattered hulk
should sink beneath the waves
her thunder shook the mighty deep
and there should be her grave."
A requiem for all warships!
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