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    Bismarck: The Chase and Sinking of Hitler's Goliath
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    Bismarck: The Chase and Sinking of Hitler's Goliath
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    Bismarck: The Chase and Sinking of Hitler's Goliath

    By Commander Nigel 'Sharkey' WARD

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    Sunk on her first and only war cruise, 27 May 1941, this great victory for the Royal Navy was also a human tragedy. Only 114 of her 2,200 crew survived the Royal Navy’s final storm of shells and torpedoes. Despite her short career, the story of Bismarck and the precise reasons for her loss have fascinated many and been the subject of controversy since 1941. The discovery of the wreck in June 1989 has only fuelled the debate. How did the Royal Navy stop the massive battleship? Was she sunk in the action or did her own crew scuttle her in a last act of defiance?

    Bismarck contains the complete Battle Summary: how Hitler’s Goliath was located, pursued and attacked, featuring both German and British first-hand accounts. The foreword, by Commander ‘Sharkey’ Ward, contains pertinent quotes from Churchill on Britain’s dependence on her navy. The introduction, written by a team of historians, includes the Kriegsmarine’s purpose in building the ship, the Royal Navy’s tactics of destruction and the post war controversy.

    The remains of Bismarck lie some 600 miles west of Brest at a depth of 15,700 feet. Such is the slow decay of the vessel that it is estimated that she will continue to stand as a monument to the fate of so many of her crew well into the 22nd Century. On the ocean bed around the wreck are hundreds of pairs of seamen’s boots – a final ghostly reminder of the men who once filled them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Plymouth Press
    Release dateJan 28, 2016
    ISBN9781841024011
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    Bismarck: The Chase and Sinking of Hitler's Goliath
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    Commander Nigel 'Sharkey' WARD

    The first edition of Ward’s book Sea Harrier Over the Falklands carried the subtitle A Maverick at War. In many ways, this indicated how he was regarded by himself and others during his time in the Royal Navy (1962-1989). However, others thought this did not detract from the significant achievements of his war career.Commander Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward DSC, AFC, RN came to prominence when he led 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War in 1982 from HMS Invincible. He flew over 60 combat missions and was credited with three air-to-air kills. His book contains his frank opinion on the decision making of several senior commanders during the war. He controversially questions whether, if followed, their actions may have caused Britain to lose the Falkland Islands.Ward retired from the Royal Navy in 1989 and moved to Granada. Here, he was heard by many in 2011, during an interview broadcast on radio with the son of the C-130 Hercules pilot, Ezequiel Martel, shot down by Ward in the battle.

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      Consists of the Admiralty’s Battle Summary No.5, along with the rele-vant sections of the Fuhrer Conferences on Naval Affairs and two brief reminiscences from an Engine Room Artificer on Rodney and an Ordinary Seaman on Bismarck.