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One of Our Ships Has Been Hit: First Hand Account of Repairs at Sea - The Last Word on the Falklands War
 
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One of Our Ships Has Been Hit: First Hand Account of Repairs at Sea - The Last Word on the Falklands War (Library Binding)
by Lt Alan D. Rapkins (Author, Illustrator)
3.0 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)

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  • Library Binding: 130 pages
  • Publisher: Hedgehog Books (Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1900094045
  • ISBN-13: 978-1900094047
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,174,162 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis
This narrative is by an ex-Royal Navy Engineering officer whose diary entries and anecdotes reveal little-known aspects of the Falklands Naval War.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Rob D-W, 23 April 2007
By D-W "RobD-W" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
Interesting and unique content, but the standard of reproduction and binding is atrocious.

The "book", if I can call it that, gives the impression of being a poorly produced school project put together by a sloppy thirteen year old using a desktop publishing programme. The cover is garish and tacky, whilst the binding is extremely suspect.

I'm sure given a little effort, Lieut Rapkins could have found a publisher for this interesting volume. I had thought the previous two reviews exaggerated, but now I see they were spot on.

C- Could do better.
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3.0 out of 5 stars good content poor production, 13 Feb 2004
A very interesting book full of new information and photos. The book is however poorly produced with poor quality photo reproductions and the binding on my copy failed on the first read. There are lots of blank pages and the contents pages are not very clear. A great read let down by these faults, a little more time and money on production would make this a classic book on the Falklands war. I am off to get my copy rebound!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, 9 Dec 2003
By B J STRINGER (DAVENTRY, Northamptonshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
A unique diary by a Royal Navy Engineer, Lt. Alan Rapkins, serving on a unique support ship without which many of the battle damaged Falklands ships would have had to retire from the action. It describes the period, April 13th to July 22nd 1982, from when he was drafted to Naval Party 1801 Support Group based in H