This hardback book with dustjacket and 144 pages in very good condition was written by R Ransome Wallis and published by Ian Allan in 1973.
The dangerous life at sea in the larger warships of the Royal Navy during the darkest days of World War II is vividly portrayed by a wartime naval surgeon who took part in some of its most fiercely contested actions.
The notorious PQ Arctic convoys in their efforts to deliver supplies to the Soviet Union with the subsequent loss of life and materials, is particularly well described and the story ends with the liberation of Europe.