Faces of HMS Royal Oak: The 'Mighty Oak' Disaster at Scapa Flow

by Dilip Sarkar Mbe

On 14 October each year, a White Ensign is placed on the stern of an upturned warship by Royal Navy divers. This act commemorates the 835 men of HMS Royal Oak who died in 1939 when the battleship was sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow by the German U-boat U-47.

The sinking of the veteran First World War Revenge-class Royal Oak shocked not only the Admiralty, but the whole nation. Though Scapa Flow was far from being impregnable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399062328
• ISBN13: 9781399062329
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 216 Pages