Three Funnelled Bastard - Softcover

Wally Muller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908645512 ISBN 13: 9781908645517

Publisher: Melrose Books, 2013

Synopsis

For the first two and a half years of World War ll the Indian Ocean, lying some distance from the sound of shot and shell , was relatively tranquil. However, this blithe state then changed dramatically and by March 1942, with a major Japanese incursion looming, control of this expanse of water became crucial to the outcome of the war, a reality not then generally recognised (Winston Churchill a notable exception). The last and only barrier preventing the conquest of the Indian Ocean by Japanese/German invasion, with incalculably disastrous consequences, was the Royal Navy s inadequate Eastern Fleet with, in the event of defeat, no prospect of replacement from any quarter. Apart from three introductory chapters and a concluding epilogue, Three Funnelled Bastard, the moniker bestowed by lower-deck sailors on HMS Cornwall, is the true and factual story of the role played by this British cruiser (approximate complement 700 men of whom one in seven was South African) in the unfolding saga of that period and operational area, within the periphery of global events and developments, how these impinged upon the lives of the men involved, their joys and sorrows, their fears and dreams and, through it all, their fortitude in adversity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melrose Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908645512
• ISBN 13: 9781908645517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 325