A Destroyer at War: The Fighting Life and Loss of HMS Havock from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean 1939-42

by Richard Osborne, David Goodey, Richard Osborne

It was headline news on 8 April 1942: 'One of the Navy's most famous destroyers, a ship which survived bombs, torpedoes and full scale battles, has been wrecked'. That destroyer was HMS Havock, described in another newspaper as 'Britain's No 2 Destroyer of this war - second only in fame and glory to the Cossack.'

Havock had earned her reputation guarding the convoys across the Atlantic in 1939 and at Narvik in the abortive bid to stave off...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526709007
• ISBN13: 9781526709004
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"