The Last Dawn
The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Birlinn General
Published:1st Sep '22
Should be back in stock very soon
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On 14 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, Orkney. The audacious attack, by a German U-boat, was the first major blow against Britain of the Second World War. Over 800 lives were lost, including sailors as young as 14.
This book is a revealing account of the tragedy. Told through declassified photographs and naval records, as well as statements from survivors, it is a dramatic and moving reassessment of one of the most shattering events in British naval history.
ISBN: 9781839830020
Dimensions: 230mm x 150mm x 10mm
Weight: 410g
144 pages