
HMS London
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There is no current warship in the Royal Navy called HMS London, but vessels carrying the name have featured in some of the most controversial episodes of British naval history.
For example, the wooden wall battleship HMS London of the late 18th century could be called "the ship that lost America" while the heavy cruiser of WW2 was command vessel for the escort force that failed to safeguard the controversial convoy PQ17.
Examining the stories of HMS Londons all the way from the English Civil War, through the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801-where Nelson famously ignored signals to break off the action displayed by HMS London-we also learn of the pre-dreadnought London's participation in the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign of WW1.
Among the people Iain Ballantyne interviewed for this book were veterans of the Arctic convoys of WW2, the Yangtse Incident and warriors of the Cold War and 1991 Gulf War. It all adds up to a thoroughly researched and exciting narrative of naval history.
Adding to the authenticity of the tale, Iain even sailed to Russia in the last HMS London, a Type 22 guided-missile frigate, in August 1991. During a WW2 convoy re-enactment the ship was almost hit by a practice torpedo launched from a Soviet submarine and had to take evasive action.
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- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter One: PRIVATEERS, ROYALISTS AND ROUNDHEADS
- In the Service of King Charles
- Oliver Cromwell's 'Lusty Ship'
- Pride and Joy of the Monarch
- The Glorious Revolution
- Chapter Two: THE SHIP THAT LOST AMERICA
- The Victory' s Contemporary
- Chapter Three: MUTINY AT SPITHEAD
- At War With Revolutionary France
- Chapter Four: NELSON TURNS A BLIND EYE
- A Ball for the Admiral's Wife
- His Indecision was Final
- I really do not see the signal.
- Chasing Down The Marengo
- Chapter Five: BOMBARDING SEVASTOPOL
- To Steam or Not to Steam?
- At War With the Slave Traders
- Chapter Six: AT WAR WITH THE KAISER
- Going to War in an Obsolete Fleet
- Young Midshipman Drage
- London' s Coat of Many Colours
- Spy Fever
- A Sister Ship Explodes
- The Sinking of HMS Formidable
- Chapter Seven: RUNNING THE DARDANELLES
- The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron
- Landing the Anzacs
- A Bitter Lesson in the Futility of War
- The Tedium of Taranto
- Austrian Saboteurs Destroy a Battleship
- Chapter Eight: POLICEMEN OF THE EMPIRE
- The Treaty Cruiser
- Trouble in Cyprus
- A Boy's Life
- Turkish Stand-off
- Playing Host to Il Duce
- Rescuing the Nuns of Barcelona
- Chasing Potato Jones
- Chapter Nine: THE BISMARCK HUNT
- Sneaking Out of Chatham
- Search and Destroy
- Cracking Enigma
- Chapter Ten: THE KREMLIN DELEGATION
- Friendly Invaders
- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
- White Hell
- Chapter Eleven: THE TIRPITZ CHASE
- Poor Relations
- A Fleeting Chance
- The Strain Begins to Show
- Chapter Twelve: THE SHAME OF CONVOY PQ17
- America Piles on the Pressure
- The Wolves Gather
- A Fool's Errand
- On the Brink of Mutiny
- Recriminations
- Post Mortem
- Chapter Thirteen: AN UNDESERVING SCAPEGOAT
- An Admiral Leaves
- An Artificer Joins
- Tirpitz Remains in her Lair
- Espionage off Spitzbergen
- Chapter Fourteen: SURRENDER AT SABANG
- Carrying the Stalingrad Sword
- Striking Sumatra
- Birth of the East Indies Fleet
- Japan Capitulates
- Chapter Fifteen: THE FINAL DAYS OF EMPIRE
- Retired and Reprieved
- Three Cruises
- Chapter Sixteen: STORMING UP THE YANGTZE
- Between a Rock.
- The Communist Noose Tightens
- Homeward Bound
- Chapter Seventeen: THE LONG RETREAT
- A Product of the Missile Age
- Give That Man a Coconut
- The Confrontation with Indonesia
- The Withdrawal From Aden
- 'Hands to Bathe' in the Black Sea
- Farewell to Malta
- The Last Broadside
- Missing the War
- DLG Postscript
- Chapter Eighteen: IN DANGEROUS WATERS
- Bloodhound Becomes London
- War Comes to the Rescue
- Shadow Boxing With the Soviets
- The Tanker War
- Bold as Brass in the Barents
- The Beginning of the End
- Chapter Nineteen: SADDAM'S APOCALYPSE
- Debts of Dishonour
- A Multi-national Armada
- Gulf Flagship
- Warning Shots
- Turning up the Heat
- Exocet!
- The Iranian Radar Shadow
- The Battle of Bubiyan
- Mines Claim Two Warships
- The Iraqis Strike Back
- A Vision of Hell
- The Legacy of War
- Chapter Twenty: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION
- Home are the Heroes
- The Hardliners' Coup
- Voyage Into Uncertainty
- The Cold War Façade Crumbles
- 'Torpedo!'
- Into the Lair of the Bear
- Chapter Twenty-One: KEEPING WATCH ON THE BALKANS
- Saddam Remains Defiant
- Missile Guard
- Winning the Sword of Peace
- The Final Commission
- Axed Before Her Time
- Pinochet's Arrest Lets in Romania's Bid
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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