Mike Rossiter - ARK Royal - 2007 pb

MIKE ROSSITER

ARK ROYAL

ISBN 9780552153690

A 394 page paperback in a good sound condition with all the pages clean, tight and intact.  The cover shows only little signs of wear, and the spine is both straight and solid.

From the Inside Flap
HMS Ark Royal is one of the Royal Navy’s most iconic ships. When she was launched in 1938 she was one of the most sophisticated weapons at the disposal of the British Admiralty. The aircraft carrier was the latest, and soon to be one of the most feared, developments in naval warfare. In her first two years of operation the Ark Royal survived countless attacks, and was considered one of the luckiest ships in the Navy.

In June 1941 the Ark Royal won one of Britain’s most famous naval victories. The German battleship Bismarck had ravaged the British fleet in the Atlantic. Sailing through a ferocious storm, the Ark Royal intercepted the Bismarck. A dozen swordfish torpedo-bombers took off from her deck and, facing a barrage of shell fire, launched torpedo after torpedo at the giant ship, which was crippled and sank the next day. It was a signal victory that resonated around the world. When the Ark Royal returned to the Mediterranean, where her aircraft continued to defy the Luftwaffe, Hitler was determined to sink her.