Flotilla Attack

The Destroyer #1

by Duncan Harding

GATEWAY TO HELL HMS Rose had a history of tragedy. The old sailors, who could remember her past, said that she was jinxed and ought never sail again. But in the last days of 1940, as the phoney war drew to an end, Britain needed every ship she could lay her hands on, to challenge the might of Hitler’s Kriegsmarine. So it was that Lieutenant-Commander John Lamb found himself commanding the old destroyer Rose, with a crew of misfits and troublemakers, and set sail across the dark and icy seas in a desperate race to prevent the German invasion of Norway.... Duncan Harding is a pseudonym for Charles Whiting (1926-2007), who also wrote as Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. Charles Whiting volunteered for the Army aged 16 in 1943, where he saw active service in Belgium, Holland and Germany with the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment. He has over 350 books to his credit, encompassing military history, espionage, biography and action fiction and holds the Sir George Dowty Prize for Literature.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Military Fiction

173 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 29, 2017

About the author

Pseudonym for Charles Whiting

Reviews

[fred jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent story that has been done before and better but this one is worth listening too. A old destroyer with a cursed reputation, a Captain out of favour and mistrusted and a hopeless mission. The narrator is ok but his delivery seems a bit rushed, but has a good range with most of the voices. A bit old fashioned but still worth it.

[Mike Whitehouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good naval fiction

A ship that is tainted jinxed, A skipper who carries the unfounded stigma that labelled his father a coward and a flotilla commander who has an axe to grind, it all adds up to a first class read.

[Greg Oaster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Tale

Of an unlucky ship in a David and goliath type battle of ships. Pure guts is all I have to say that these Tommy sailors had. Great quick read on early world war two sea battles. Look forward to next book

[Chaplain Stanley Chapin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading

A seafaring story of the British navy in early world war 2. Good character development, I thought that the last battle action did not conform in accepted form.