The U-Boat War

A high quality publication - highly recommended. * Warship World *A comprehensive and interesting read. * The Armourer *A welcome addition to the history of the U Boat campaign. * The Naval Review *

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Paterson was born in Matamata, New Zealand and moved to the United Kingdom in 1988 as a working heavy metal drummer. Over the decades that followed he toured as a musician, recorded several highly regarded albums and also became a scuba diving instructor, eventually spending time living in France and researching German wrecks from the Second World War in Breton waters. His first book, First U-boat Flotilla, was a direct result of his time near Brest, home of that particular U-boat flotilla. He also spent a period of time as a member of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum Archive Working group, specialising in U-boat records. His interest in the Second World War, and particularly the German forces, dates back to his childhood and he attributes much of his interest to both grandfathers – one who was an ANZAC during the First World War and the other who was a Royal Navy stoker during the Second.

Now, he divides his time between writing/researching, teaching scuba diving (with an emphasis on wreck diving) and playing drums in various heavy metal bands. His naval books have been published worldwide.