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D.A. Rayner

Born

in The United Kingdom

February 09, 1908

Died

January 04, 1967

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Rayner

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 – 4 January 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small sailing craft - his first being the Westcoaster; his most successful being the glass fibre gunter or Bermudian rigged twin keel Westerly 22 from which evolved similar "small ships" able to cross oceans while respecting the expectations, in terms of comfort, safety and cost, of a burgeoning family market keen to get to sea. Before his death in 1967, Rayner had founded, and via his pioneering GRP designs, secured the future expansion of Westerly Marine Construction Ltd - up until ...more

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D.A. Rayner’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 643 ratings · 37 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Escort: The Battle of the Atlantic 4.29 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1955 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enemy Below (HMS Hecate, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1957 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crippled Tanker (HMS Hecate, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Fight 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Spring 1957, Volume 29: The Scapegoat / The Last Angry Man / The Muses Are Heard / The Fruit Tramp / The Enemy Below by Daphne du Maurier, Truman Capote, Gerald Green 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1957 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Valor liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Small Spark Of Courage really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1961	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	D. A. Rayner / The Long Haul First Edition 1960 [Hardcover] Rayner, D. A. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	D. A. Rayner / The Long Flight First Edition 1958 [Hardcover] Rayner, D. A. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars