Synopsis
One U-boat against one destroyer would have been a fair — if deadly — match. But Captain John Murrell’s H.M.S. Hecate was towing a crippled tanker whose cargo was as dangerous as it was precious — four million gallons of high-octane gas!
The U-boat commander was desperate: his career depended on sinking the tanker. If he failed, the Luftwaffe would send new long-range Heinkels to destroy the Hecate and her tow.
Murrell’s cunning fight against incredible odds soon became a nightmarish eternity of cat-and-mouse moves and countermoves. His agonizing duel to the death makes this one of the most brilliant and memorable sea sagas to come out of World War II.
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Denys Arthur Rayner was a Royal Navy officer who fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small sailing craft.
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The Crippled Tanker
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Fontana Collins, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0006151663
ISBN 13: 9780006151661
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The Crippled Tanker
ISBN 10: 0006151663
ISBN 13: 9780006151661
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Just a trace of edgewear, light crease to spine, mild age-toning to page edges, otherwise Fine throughout. Cover art by Paul Wright. Seller Inventory # 18073