HMS Intrepid. A Memoir. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Rare and modern books
Mack George
Kimber,
1980
HMS Intrepid. A Memoir. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Rare and modern books
Mack George
Kimber,
1980
55.20 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1980
- Author
- Mack George
- Publishers
- Kimber
- Keyword
- naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warship types, destroyers, i-class, minelaying, altmark, bismarck, arctic convoys, george mack
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. One of the best of the I-Class monographs; Mack was a seaman gunner on INTREPID from 1937-40. Here he reconstructs her notable wartime career (minelaying in the North Sea, the Altmark hunt, Dunkirk, Bismarck, the Arctic convoys, PEDESTAL, HUSKY and finally the Aegean where she was sunk in an air raid on Leros in September 1943) which resulted in no fewer than ten battle honours. Includes ROH and bibliography. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Law, 1061.
