Derek Law Bibliography

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DEEBLE, Alfred E. Three Tiffies and a Sweeper. xi, 145p., illus. Edinburgh: Pentland, 1997. ISBN: 185821520X.

In 1943 the three "tiffies," slang for artificers or engineers, stood by the Algerines Aries and later Clinton, building in Canada. After an enjoyable time in North America, they sailed for the UK in December and were based in Granton. In mid-1944 one of the three was drafted to Portsmouth for an officer training course but was killed in an air raid on Southsea. Clinton moved to the Mediterranean in July for Operation Dragoon then was based at Malta, from which the second of the three was drafted in September after the two friends had fallen out. The 5th Minesweeping Flotilla, then moved to Piraeus, where Clinton was seriously damaged by a mine and after temporary repairs went to Taranto.