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The History of the British U Class Submarine (Hardcover)
by Derek Walters (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd (30 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184415131X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844151318
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A splendid, comprehensive account., 20 Feb 2005
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author.) - See all my reviews
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Commencing by giving the reader a clear demonstration of how British high-ranking officers failed to recognise the value of the submarine as a weapon of war immediately after WW1, this author skilfully devotes his first chapter to the development of the submarine in the Royal Navy up to the outbreak of WW2. With the original design of the 'U' class coming along in 1934, the scene is carefully set for an interesting book. And interesting it is too!

By the end of WW2 seventy two 'U' Class submarines had been commissioned of which 17 were lost to enemy action and three to accidents. The officers and men serving in those vessels received no fewer than 375 gallantry medals including those of Lt. Commander M. D. Wanklyn VC, DSO (and 2 Bars) DSC, RN. (NB: for those who are not aware, when a British medal is earned for the second time, a bar is issued to the original award - thus Wanklyn had three DSO's).

In a well written and highly informative text supported by 35 b&w photos and a number of line drawings, this is just about as complete a work on any particular class of naval vessel I have come across. The author has even managed to bring the book right up to date by including details of the discovery of the remains of HMS Umpire in 1989 (including an artist's impression of the wreck) and HMS Vandal in 2003 by scuba divers. In so doing we also have the benefit of knowing the most probably cause of their accidental losses in 1941 and 1943 respectively.

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