Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Derek Law Bibliography
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O’BRIEN, David. HX72 First Convoy to Die: The Wolfpack Attack that Woke up the Admiralty. 168p., bibliog., illus., index. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus, 1999. ISBN: 1551092735.
In 1940 the Frederick S. Fales, a new motor tanker, left Halifax for Europe, as part of convoy HX72. This is the story of the Fales and her crew in a convoy which lost a quarter of its 40 ships.
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