U-Boats Around Ireland: The Story of the Royal Navy's Coast of Ireland Command in the First World War

by Guy Warner

In 1914 Ireland was a naval backwater with only one base of any size, at Queenstown in Co Cork. However, by the end of World War I, there were 18 naval bases operated by thousands of personnel, hundreds of ships of all sizes and dozens of aircraft. Ireland had become a crucial theatre of the war, fundamental in winning the campaign to defeat the German U-boats. How and why did this come about?

In this well researched and readable new book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780731760
• ISBN13: 9781780731766
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Colourpoint Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.2"