Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Derek Law Bibliography
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HODGKINSON, Hugh. Before the Tide Turned: The Mediterranean Experiences of a British Destroyer Officer in 1941. 242p., illus. London: Harrap,1944.
Memoir of a first lieutenant and later captain of destroyers in the Mediterranean. Gives a vivid picture of the strain of combat. The author served in Hotspur in convoys, battles, and evacuations in one of the most hard-fought campaigns of the war at sea.
Categories:
The Battle for the Mediterranean; Battle of the Mediterranean: German Involvement; Royal Navy Autobiographies & Biographies;
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