The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes

An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Royal Navy Submarine Service based on first-hand accounts One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners'' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker''s in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won).

• | Author: John Parker
• | Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2002
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780747238058
• | ISBN-10: 0747238057