Gunther Prien and U-47: The Bull of Scapa Flow: From the Sinking of the HMS Royal Oak to the Battle of the Atlantic, Hardcover - Dougie Martindale

Reducere. DescriptionOn the night of 13 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second war patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow ...

Includes specifications, crew duties and life on board U-47.

Drawing on the underwater archaeological research, this study explains how Prien and his crew navigated the North Sea and Kirk Sound to land a deva...

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Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Alexandre KorganoffIllustration(s): 32 pages of B & W photosNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

On 13 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy's top battleships, was destroyed at the Royal Navy's main anchorage at Scapa Flow. This ...

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This definitive guide to Scapa Flow has been expanded and updated. Scapa Flow has international acclaim as one of the top five wreck diving locatio...

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