Showing The Cruel Sea Retold: The Truth Behind Monsarrat's Epic Convoy Drama by Bernard Edwards
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The Cruel Sea Retold Bernard Edwards tells this factual historic story of the convoy that Montsarrat used for his novel in three parts, each describing one convoy. Part One. Convoy OG 71, with 22 merchantmen and eight escorts sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar on 14 August 1941. No less than 10 ships were lost without a single U-boat being sunk and the convoy had to seek refuge in Lisbon. Part Two. Convoy HG 73 sa... Full description