The old submarine-chaser USS Hibiscus, re-fitting in Hong Kong dockyard before being handed over to the Nationalist Chinese, is suddenly ordered to the desolate island group of Payenhau. For...

The crack German cruiser Prinz Luitpold had always been lucky in battle. To the beleaguered army on the Baltic coast she was their one remaining symbol of hope.

But it is the summer of...

It was in 1943. On the Black Sea, the Russians were fighting a desperate battle to regain control. But the Russians’ one real weakness was on the water: whatever they did, the Germans did it...

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...

The Mediterranean, 1943... The Rob Roy. A tiny machine, just 230 feet from stem to stern. In peacetime she would have trawled for cod. Now her catch is deadlier by far. Lieutenant-Commander Ian...

With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved. Now,...

December 1917. Germany opens the final, bitter round of the war with a new and deadly weapon in the struggle for the seas _x001A_ the Vulcan sails from Kiel Harbor. To all appearances she is a...

Western Ocean, 1942... From the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard’s orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. To the men who fought to protect the vital,...

There will be days when you wonder at and question some of the risks you had to take, the sacrifices you were forced to offer in the face of death. In Kiel Harbour, 1945, the war in Europe is at...

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_x001A_craft...

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...

Conceived as an invincible defence against enemy commerce raiders, the battlecruiser was hailed as a triumph. Designed to outrun and outshoot its opponents, its weakness was exposed at the Battle...

HMS Royston, Coastal Forces Depot Ship, is mother ship to a battered, war-worn bunch of MTBs and MGBs. New on board is Sub-Lieutenant Royce: commissioned for three months, sea experience three...

In 1941, when she was turned into an armed merchant cruiser, the SS Benbecula was already old. Even so, she was called on to protect the vital Atlantic sea lanes. Commander Lindsay, her new...