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The ship

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Although it is now 75 years old, this is one of the finest naval novels ever written, capturing in painstaking detail the personalities and technicalities involved in directing a fighting ship, in this case a Light Cruiser , in a …

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Although it is now 75 years old, this is one of the finest naval novels ever written, capturing in painstaking detail the personalities and technicalities involved in directing a fighting ship, in this case a Light Cruiser , in a battle which in reality was one of the decisive naval battles in the European War of 1939-45 ( 2nd battle of Sirte, which saved Malta for the Allied Forces))

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"Although it is now 75 years old, this is one of the finest naval novels ever written, capturing in painstaking detail the personalities and technicalities involved in directing a fighting …"

— Margaret

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