HMS Trenchant at War. From Chatham to the Banka Strait.
Rare and modern books
Hezlet Arthur
Leo Cooper,
2001
HMS Trenchant at War. From Chatham to the Banka Strait.
Rare and modern books
Hezlet Arthur
Leo Cooper,
2001
48.30 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 2001
- Author
- Hezlet Arthur
- Publishers
- Leo Cooper
- Keyword
- mstock, naval, ww2, royal navy, submarines, pacific, trenchant, hezlet, banka strait, arthur hezlet, naval, wwii, hms, trenchant, war
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 18 plates on 8, several maps and charts, and a full-page diagram in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Albeit fifty years on, a well-written and dramatic account of Hezlet's command of Trenchant, including the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara (the largest enemy warship sunk by a British submarine in WWII). Includes a roster of the ships' company 1943-45.
