"Fire Sugar, Fire Pudding!": Pat Clark-Hall's Letters from a Torpedo Boat, 1943-1945
- ISBN-10
- 0473148293
- ISBN-13
- 9780473148294
- Category
- Mediterranean Region
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Authors
- Pat Clark-Hall, Colin Amodeo
Description
His torpedo boat was roughly the size of a large civilian cruising launch. She carried torpedoes named Sugar (starboard) and Pudding (port side). In this plywood hull with ammunition and fuel, the crews knew they were manning a floating bomb. This very readable story is balanced with wicked humour history and heroism. It opens a window on the sea war in the Mediterranean and brings to life the extraordinary war story of a well-known Cantabrian.
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