'A Smack at the Boche' the war diaries of Leading Seaman Ronnie Turner contains:- Admiral Harwood's retelling of the Battle of the River Plate to the HMS Hawkins crew and a first hand account of being shot at by the Graf Spee from an HMS Ajax seaman. A survivor's story of the sinking of HMS Royal Oak - the first battleship to be sunk in ww2. Six scousers, a padre and two penguins against a German raider. HMS Hawkins involvement in the recapture of...
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