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- PublisherW. Kimber
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0718304063
- ISBN 13 9780718304065
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages222
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The convoy that nearly died: The story of ONS 154
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W. Kimber, 1979
ISBN 10: 0718304063
ISBN 13: 9780718304065
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback with dust jacket,size 8vo,222 pages.Illustrated with b/w plates.Dust jacket shows some edge wear & creasing + nicks & small tears.Boards are lightly bumped & marked.Light browning & marking to the fore edge & prelims otherwise contents clean & complete.Most items will incur extra charges for international shipping.These can be substantial for orders outside of Europe.Please consider this before buying. Seller Inventory # 005525
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The Convoy That Nearly Died: The Story of ONS154
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ISBN 10: 0718304063
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The Convoy That Nearly Died. The story of ONS 154
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ISBN 10: 0718304063
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Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp. 222. book. Seller Inventory # 291179
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Convoy That Nearly Died: Story of ONS154.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 222p. Photos. Maps. Jacket not priced. In mylar. Fine/Near Fine copy. Book. Seller Inventory # 78-993B
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The Convoy that Nearly Died: The Story of ONS154
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ISBN 10: 0718304063
ISBN 13: 9780718304065
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The author was Third Officer on Zarian, one of the torpedoed merchant ships, and he includes his own story. His research over many years led to his becoming the friend of his former enemy, Kapitan Leutnant Hansjurgen Zetsche, whose torpedo sent Zarian to the bottom. **The book has tanning.**. Seller Inventory # 002033
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Convoy That Nearly Died,The: The Story of ONS 154
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Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Near Fine. Story of a 45 ship convoy attacked from 27-30 Dec. 1942. Thirteen ships lost. The last one was HMS Fidelity, a French ship, whose Captain refused to surrender her to the Vichy Government and had offered her, together with her crew, (incl. the Gunnery Officer: Mlle. Madeleine Barclay) to the British.222 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. #100222The 2,456-ton ship was built by H. & C. Grayson Ltd. of Garston, Liverpool, and completed in 1920 for Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles.[2]In June 1940 Le Rhin was seized Lieutenant de Vaisseau Claude Andre Michel Peri at Marseilles and sailed for Gibraltar. Peri and his crew wished to continue the fight after the Fall of France and Le Rhin was turned over to the Royal Navy at Barry, Wales. The ship was converted into an auxiliary warship, and commissioned on 24 September 1940 as HMS Fidelity (D57) under the command of Lt. Peri, serving as Lieutenant Commander Jack Langlais RNVR. Her officers included Lt-Cmdr. Albert Guà risse serving as Patrick Albert O'Leary RNVR, and First Officer Madeleine Bayard serving as Madeleine Barclay WRNS.[2] Because they had families in occupied Europe crew members were serving under pseudonyms. Bayard was Peri's mistress and one of very few women to be a commissioned officer on a Royal Navy ship.[3]Fidelity was classified as a Special Service Vessel, a catch-all designation for vessels that don't fit easily into any other group. In the First World War submarine decoy vessels ("Q-ships") were classed as SSVs, which has led some authors to refer to Fidelity as a Q-ship, but the terms are not synonymous, and there is no evidence she was ever employed as a submarine decoy vessel.Service historyIn 1941 Fidelity operated off the coast of Southern France as a clandestine transport under the direction of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), landing agents and picking up escaped prisoners, disguised as Spanish or Portuguese freighters.[4] She also took part in small-scale sabotage operations.[5]In 1942 Fidelity was refitted to operate as a commando carrier for operations in south-east Asia. She was armed with four 4-inch guns, four 21-inch torpedo tubes, and carried two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes, the motor torpedo boat MTB-105, and the landing craft HMS LCV-752 and LCV-754.[2]FateIn December 1942 Fidelity, with T Company, 40 Commando aboard, joined Convoy ON 154. The convoy was attacked by U-boats from 27 December while north of the Azores. On 29 December Fidelity, suffering from engine problems, fell out of the convoy. She launched her aircraft as an anti-submarine patrol while repairs took place. During this time her aircraft reported lifeboats to the southwest and her landing craft was sent to pick them up. These were 44 men from Empire Shackleton, the convoy commodore's ship. During the night Fidelity was making 5 knots towards the Azores, but came under attack twice. She was fired on by U-225, and later by U-615. Both U-boats were driven off when Fidelity fired back. On 30 December she was found by U-435, under the command of Siegfried Strelow at position 43°23â N 27°07â WCoordinates: 43°23â N 27°07â W and was torpedoed twice. Strelow observed the sinking, and estimated about 300 survivors in the water, but when he made his report later he was asked "whether their destruction in the prevailing weather can be counted on".[6] This was some months after BdUâs infamous Laconia Order, instructing U-boat commanders not to assist survivors in any way, and regarded at the Nuremberg Trials as a tacit encouragement to ensure there were none. At the time of her sinking Fidelity had on board some 369 souls (274 crew, 51 Marines and 44 survivors from Empire Shackleton): All were lost. The only survivors were the eight crew of the motor torpedo boat, detached on anti-submarine patrol, who were later picked up by HMCS Woodstock (K238), and two crewmen of a seaplane that had crashed on take off on 28 December and been picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H83).[2] To this day 40 Commando has never reused T as a company designation in memory of the loss.[7]Guà risse was not aboard when Fidelity sank, having earlier been stranded in France. He became the namesake of the Pat O'Leary escape line which helped allied soldiers and downed airmen escape occupied France.[8]Revely, Henry, 1908- | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine. | Naval convoys -- History -- 20th century. | Merchant marine -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Merchant mariners -- Great Britain -- Biography. 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The Convoy That Nearly Died. The story of ONS 154
Published by
William Kimber and Co Ltd, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0718304063
ISBN 13: 9780718304065
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Very very minor edge wear to top of spine, spine very slightly sunned, not price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall in excellent condition for its age. 222pp. Seller Inventory # 001475
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