Ark Royal
Sailing Into Glory
$45.59
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2017
Summary
The life, legend and rediscovery of a British naval icon.
In June 1941, the Ark Royal won one of Britain’s most famous naval victories. The German destroyer, Bismarck, had been ravaging the British fleet in the Atlantic. Sailing through a ferocious storm, the Ark Royal tracked the Bismarck. A dozen swordfish bombers took off from her deck and pounded shell after shell into the German battleship, sending her to the ocean floor. It was a signal victor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552174541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552174548 |
| Author: | Mike Rossiter |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Mike Rossiter
Mike Rossiter is an independent documentary film-maker, whose work has been nominated for BAFTA and EMMY awards. He won the Golden Fleece at the Dijon Film Festival for his documentary on the attempted recovery of a B29 bomber from northern Greenland. In 2001 he filmed the search and recovery of the body of Donald Campbell and his record-breaking jet boat, Bluebird, from Coniston Water. In 2004 he filmed the discovery of the wreck of the Ark Royal. He lives in North London.
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