Derek Law Bibliography

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ERWOOD, Peter. A Long Night for the Canteen Boat: The Torpedoing and Salvage of HMS Cassandra December 11th 1944. 52p., illus. Fleet Hargate: Arcturus, 1996. ISBN: 0907322646.

On 11 December 1944 Cassandra was badly damaged by U 365 with 62 of her crew lost, while escorting convoy RA62 back from Murmansk. She was towed back there at three knots or less over four days in an epic of salvage. Reproduces accounts of survivors. Reached a third edition in 2002.

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The Arctic Convoys;

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