Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of HMS
Year: 2005 Language: english Author: Jervis Bay Genre: History Publisher: Praeger Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 216 Description: In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84. The merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, a converted passenger liner that was the convoy's only escort―armed only with antique 6-inch guns―charged the Nazi raider. While the Jervis Bay did not stand a chance of surviving the battle, her crew's fatalistic bravery inspired awe in all who witnessed the fight. Watson recounts how the Scheer's 11-inch guns turned the ship into a burning hulk in twenty-two minutes, but most of the convoy escaped.
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Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of HMS
Language: english
Author: Jervis Bay
Genre: History
Publisher: Praeger
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 216
Description: In November of 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked British Convoy HX-84. The merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, a converted passenger liner that was the convoy's only escort―armed only with antique 6-inch guns―charged the Nazi raider. While the Jervis Bay did not stand a chance of surviving the battle, her crew's fatalistic bravery inspired awe in all who witnessed the fight. Watson recounts how the Scheer's 11-inch guns turned the ship into a burning hulk in twenty-two minutes, but most of the convoy escaped.
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