On 13 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy's top battleships, was destroyed at the Royal Navy's main anchorage at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The audacious attack, by a German U-boat, was the first major blow against Britain of the Second World War. Over 800 lives were lost, including sailors as young as 14.
This book is a revealing account of the tragedy. Told through declassified photographs and naval records, as well as statements from survivors, it is a dramatic and moving reassessment of one of the most shattering events in British naval history.
- ISBN10 1906134766
- ISBN13 9781906134761
- Publish Date 9 September 2009 (first published 31 March 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Centre for Confidence and Well-Being
- Imprint Argyll Publishing
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English