Adriatic, 1940s... Curtis was the pro. He could steer a sub through a saloon and no one would notice. Duncan was the grumbler, more at home in the Aussie Outback than twenty fathoms under the...

In World War Two, HMS Terrapin was part of a crack hunter/killer group in the Battle of the Atlantic. Now she is working out her last commission in the Gulf of Thailand. To Lieutenant Commander...

It takes a special sort of courage to serve in midget submarines, and Lieutenant David Seaton, commanding officer of XE16, needs no reminding of the perils involved. The little x–craft with...

Indo-China 1941, and cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world’s largest, most dangerous submarine, the French Soufriere. The British navy must capture and use her in the defence of Singapore...

They called them the Scrapyard Flotilla. In a quarter-century of continuous service, the eight destroyers had seen every kind of action at sea. Now they were going to be used on hard-hitting raids...

This is the dramatic sequel to ‘Badge of Glory'.

China, 1899, and the Mandarins are causing trouble once more. Rumours are rife that there will be attacks on British trade missions....

As the Second World War progresses, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Fighter pilot Tim Rowan is posted to an escortcarrier to help guard the precious convoys. His adventures take him...

This is the third book in the 'Blackwood' saga. For three generations, members of the Blackwood family served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes...

HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, a ship seemingly at the end of her unusual life, lying in a Hong Kong dockyard awaiting her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also...

The human torpedo, or chariot, is the ultimate weapon in a war, and only men of extreme courage or recklessness volunteer for the special operations missions requiring its use. Reeman has also...

HMS Temeraire is the latest and most advanced of Britain’s nuclear submarines. When Temeraire’s trials are cut short and she is ordered to the Far East to reinforce the fleet against a threat...

Hong Kong, 1941... To the residents and defence forces of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, the war in Europe remains remote. Even the massive build-up of Japanese forces on the Chinese border cannot...

January, 1944. When the British light cruiser Andromeda arrives at Williamstown naval dockyard to be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy, she is already a legend - having earned her young...

February 1943. As the balance of war slowly shifts in Britain’s favour, Lieutenant-Commander Steven Marshall brings his battle-scarred submarine into home port.

Captain and crew are...

Commander Graham Martineau was awarded the Victoria Cross for pressing home an attack against impossible odds. Few survived, and the crimson ribbon remains a haunting symbol of the sacrifice of...