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

Martindale, Dougie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1682473864 ISBN 13: 9781682473863

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2018

Synopsis

On 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 and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legendary attack is remembered as one of the most audacious raids in the history of submarine warfare.

In this remarkably detailed account, the author charts the full story of U-47, its commander, and crew. He also examines all the main events in each of U-47s ten war patrols, particularly the attack on Royal Oak, for which a number of important new conclusions are explored, and covers U-47s ultimate fate.

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Review

Gnther Prien skillfully guided his U-boat into the enemys anchorage and torpedoed a British warship. In the grand sweep of the war, it was more of a propaganda victory than any form of crippling blow to the British Navy. The story and the controversies that swirled around it are an important chapter in the early U-boat warfare of the Second World War. Anyone who is interested in submarines, daring raids, or the effect of contemporary propagandists spin on the longer historic record, and is willing to work through the details, will certainly benefit from reading Dougie Martindales latest book. The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord

About the Author

Dougie Martindale is the author of fifteen articles which primarily focus on the modifications made to German U-boats and the paint schemes. Ten articles have been translated into Spanish and six were published in the Subcommittee Report magazine. He is co-owner of Accurate Model Parts, a company producing aftermarket products for submarine models.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1682473864
• ISBN 13: 9781682473863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 360