A Smack at the Boche: World War Two British Navy diary of Leading Seaman Ronnie Turner serving on the heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins in the South Atlantic

by Johnny Parker

'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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520145292
• ISBN13: 9781520145297
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"