Sixteen-year-old Peter Rogers is training to be a Royal Navy officer
in 1939 when he hears that his father's ship has been torpedoed
off the coast of Ireland. The survivors, including his father,
have been captured by a German U-boat crew and treated cruelly -
some of them are shot dead. In 1940 Peter joins an escort fleet
in the North Atlantic where British convoys are suffering horrific
losses from enemy U-boats. We share in the trials and tribulations
of his duties, including the constant tension, the bitter cold,
mountainous seas - and the moment when he and his...Read more
Sixteen-year-old Peter Rogers is training to be a Royal Navy officer
in 1939 when he hears that his father's ship has been torpedoed
off the coast of Ireland. The survivors, including his father,
have been captured by a German U-boat crew and treated cruelly -
some of them are shot dead. In 1940 Peter joins an escort fleet
in the North Atlantic where British convoys are suffering horrific
losses from enemy U-boats. We share in the trials and tribulations
of his duties, including the constant tension, the bitter cold,
mountainous seas - and the moment when he and his father's captor
come face to face...
in 1939 when he hears that his father's ship has been torpedoed
off the coast of Ireland. The survivors, including his father,
have been captured by a German U-boat crew and treated cruelly -
some of them are shot dead. In 1940 Peter joins an escort fleet
in the North Atlantic where British convoys are suffering horrific
losses from enemy U-boats. We share in the trials and tribulations
of his duties, including the constant tension, the bitter cold,
mountainous seas - and the moment when he and his father's captor
come face to face...
- ISBN13 9780439959384
- Publish Date 19 September 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 December 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scholastic
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English