The Ship
London: Penguin Books, 1971. Later printing. Mass market paperback. 187, [5] pages. Ink underlining on page 70 and 100. Stamp/drawing of a plant on pave 46. Notation inside front cover. Cover has wear and soiling. Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include The African Queen (1935, filmed in 1951 by John Huston). Forester moved to the United States during the Second World War, where he worked for the British Ministry of Information and wrote propaganda to encourage the US to join the Allies. The Ship is a novel written by British author C. S. Forester set in the Mediterranean during World War II, and first published in May 1943. It follows the life of a Royal Navy light cruiser for a single action, including a detailed analysis of many of the men on board and the contribution they made. A vital convoy is heading to Malta, escorted by five Royal Navy light cruisers, including HMS Artemis, commanded by Captain Troughton-Harrington-Yorke It has beaten off air attacks. An Italian fleet, with the battleships San Martino and Legnano and several light cruisers, intercept it. The ship sustains two hits, the first of which kills several crewmembers, while the second one requires the flooding of "X" gun turret aft. A single shell, whose history from the mining of the ores to the firing of the gun is described in detail, hits the Italian flagship and strikes the final blow to the morale of the enemy commanders. Condition: Good.
Keywords: H.M.S. Penelope, H.M.S. Artemis, San Martino, Legnano, Gun Turret, Convoy, Malta, Naval Operations, Torpedo, Aerial Assault, Light Cruisers
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