Alan West

The deeper secrets of Britain’s submarines

Peter Hennessy and James Jinks disclose facts about the Royal Navy Submarine Service that might once have landed them in the dock

  • The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945

    Peter Hennessy and James Jinks

    Allen Lane, pp. 864

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