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Discuss Books about the Silent Service. in Submariners on Navy Net; I have a few and know of a few more. But im wondering which ones you lot have found to be the best read and reflect the service as accurately as possible? I'd probably need ...
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Books about the Silent Service.
I have a few and know of a few more. But im wondering which ones you lot have found to be the best read and reflect the service as accurately as possible? I'd probably need to spend a small fortune buying a load more to read without knowing if they are worth it. So wouldn't mind a little help in filtering the good from the not so good.
27-03-12, 20:52 #2"Send Down A Dove". Best enjoyed while nibbling a Cadbury
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27-03-12, 21:07 #3Factual or novels? Exclusively RN or USN and other? There are some cracking novels, with only a few nit-picking errors - Patrick Robinson - can't remember if that is the correct author, but SSN was quite good. I would enjoy seing a good list, then someone collecting them all on mobi files and sending them to me on a CD!
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27-03-12, 21:29 #4Senior Member
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Quite enjoyed Blind Mans Bluff, although it mostly focuses on American cold war subs and their activities.
Just started Das Boot when on the cludgie earlier this evening, expecting good things (from the book of course, my cludgie visit has already delivered a "crowd pleaser"!)My parents told me I could be anything that I wanted to be, so I became an arsehole.
28-03-12, 00:34 #5Thought 'The waiting game' By Alex Fullerton was good. And as JP says 'Das Boot' A classic.
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Hubert Werners... Iron coffins, is my Fav
28-03-12, 06:53 #7A selection here. Set the list to "Newest First":
Maritime Books - Specialist Publishers of Royal Navy books and Warship World Magazine
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RN SUBMARINES IN FOCUS £14.99 book
SUB £9.99 bookLast edited by soleil; 28-03-12 at 06:56.
28-03-12, 07:32 #8The "silent service", eh. It amuses me as to why many of the submariners that I know are not all that "silent" and gob off at how great they are (allegedly).
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28-03-12, 07:42 #9Senior Member 
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One of our Submarines by Commader Edward Young, one of the best factual accounts of boats during the war.
28-03-12, 07:56 #10Edward Young as above, and Unbroken by Alastair Mars.
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