Periscope Patrol
The Saga of the Malta Force Submarines
Published on 19. March 2008
224 pages
978-1-78383-787-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Malta Force submarines had the vital task of interrupting German and Italian convoys crossing the Mediterranean to resupply Rommel and his Army in North Africa. The outcome of the Desert War depended on this.Operations from the beleaguered island were hazardous both at sea and in port. The Naval Base was under constant air attack. Due to the courage and tenacity of the crews by the time the Malta-based submarines were at full strength a staggering 50% of Axis shipping bound for Africa failed to arrive at its destination. The submarines sank some 75 enemy vessels totalling 400,000 tons.Periscope Patrol picks out the highlights of their actions and sets them against the bombed-out background of Malta, the island awarded the George Cross for its single handed stand. This is a hugely readable and informative account of submarine warfare at its toughest and roughest.
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John Frayn Turner
Periscope Patrol
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. Stop Enemy Supplies
- 2. The Subs. go South
- 3. Enter Upholder
- 4. Air Assault on Malta
- 5. Unique Overdue
- 6. Pantelleria Patrol
- 7. Four Torpedoes-Four Hits
- 8. Wanklyn, V.C.
- 9. Back at Base
- 10. Through a Maze of Mines
- 11. The Snaring of the Sokol
- 12. Five fail to return
- 13. Wanklyn's Finest Hour
- 14. A Hit-by Accident
- 15. Friday the Thirteenth
- 16. Harbouring Danger
- 17. Sokol's Momentous Month
- 18. The Bitterest Blow
- 19. Luftwaffe versus Lazaretto
- 20. The Signal of Success
- Appendix I: List of Submarines and their Commanding Officers which formed Malta Force Submarines and 10th Submarine Flotilla
- Appendix II: List of Successes achieved by Submarines during the Period covered
