The Sinking of the Laconia: A Tragedy in the Battle of the Atlantic.

  • Stamford, Lincolnshire.: Paul Watkins, 1994
By Grossmith, Frederick.
Stamford, Lincolnshire.: Paul Watkins, 1994. Tells the story of how the "Laconia, built in 1922 as a cruise liner but requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop carrier, was torpedoed and sunk in the shark-infested South Atlantic while carrying over 2,700 people, including 1,800 Italian prisoners of war". Bound in pictorial boards. Fine condition. . 24.5 cm. 236 pp. b/w plates

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Title

The Sinking of the Laconia: A Tragedy in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Author

Grossmith, Frederick.

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Paul Watkins: Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Date

1994


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