Format:
Online-Ressource (240 p., [8] p. of plates)
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781848321311
Content:
HMS Glamorgan was in the thick of the fighting throughout the war. Her role for most of the time was that of an expendable escort and she became the only ship to survive an Exocet hit. Incorporating vivid firsthand accounts and illustrated with photographs, the book also portrays the daily life of an escort under wartime conditions and describes only too clearly the tension, fear, storm, cold, disaster and sorrow which were so close at hand. New light is shed on the Belgrano affair and startling facts are revealed about other incidents including the high level conduct of the war. There is a de
Note:
First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Chatham Publishing, an imprint of Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword; Author's Note; Introduction; Update to the 2012 Edition; 1 The Road to Glamorgan; 2 South to Ascension; 3 Ascension to the Total Exclusion Zone; 4 The Longest Day; 5 General Belgrano and Sheffield; 6 Settling Down; 7 Hitting Back; 8 The 'Tornado Express'; 9 Invasion: Supporting the Landings; 10 Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor; 11 TRALA Manager; 12 Taking the Hit; 13 The Principal Lesson; 14 Recovery; 15 Clearing Up; 16 Final Leg; 17 Aftermath; Glamorgan Crew List; Glossary and List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9781783031610
Additional Edition:
Print version Ordeal by Exocet : HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War 1982
Language:
English
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