Charles Drought recalls the sinking of the 'Atlantic Conveyor' and his struggle for survival. Senior Third Engineer Charles Drought, of Saughall Massie, remembers the dramatic events leading up to the sinking of the 'Atlantic Conveyor' by an Argentinean Exocet Missile and the full horror of the blazing inferno on board and the subsequent plight of the survivors to stay alive in the life rafts. Their rescue by HMS Alacrity is well documented and there are over 50 photographs of vessels and personnel involved in the Falklands conflict.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By "boghammer"
I have built up quiet a collection of Falklands books over the years. This rates as one of the better ones. Tells a great personal story. Unfortunately there are a lot of errors (especially in the photo captions) which will annoy readers with more than a little knowledge about the navy and the Falklands, including one fantastic ship recognition mistook! There is also a lot of narrative along the lines of "wouldn't have happened if penny pinching idiot civil servants had fitted us with chaff" which, whilst it is understandable given the loss of the ship, is highly unlikely (and contradicts some of the other narrative in the book). Most naval officers also seem to speak as though they were in the 1920s, calling everyone "old boy", and starting sentences with "I say". Not my experience of NOs, especially those who were there. The other annoying (amusing?) error is in the chapter on the last hours of the ship, with the "events" on May 28th being pure fiction! Apart from these aspects this is a fascinating, well written and very interesting book and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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By "eejp"
A very personal account of the loss of this ship. I agree that the photo captioning is a big mistake as the photo is not of the Type 21 frigate Alacrity but the older 1950's ship. In my experiance Naval Officers DO speak as he describes and act as such. I should know I was on Alacrity during the action described.
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