The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak: In the Words of the Survivors

by Dilip Sarkar

HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, infamously torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14 October 1939. Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she became the first of the five Royal Navy battleships and battle cruisers sunk in the Second World War. The loss of life was heavy: of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445607433
• ISBN13: 9781445607436
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.7"