Northern Escort
By: by J. E. Taylor Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. ....
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Published: 1945
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British.; Naval convoys -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Barents Sea.
First sentence: THE FIRST DAY
CHAPTER 1
"TAKE STATION Y FOR YORKER"
"Answer the flagship,"said the captain sharply.
The yeoman looked up quickly from the signal file that held his frowning attention. The frown deepened on his forehead and there was a momentary slight baring of his teeth as he glared at the signalman hastily flicking over the switch of the port projector. In that glare and frowning, teeth baring-expression, the watching Navigator saw briefly all the trials of long trained, experienced men faced with the wartime difficulties of producing results from the inexperienced. There was a little anger, a little irritation, a little of despair in that expression before giving away to a tiny shrug of resignation.
Description: Day to day story about a captain of a destroyer on a mission to escort convoys in the Arctic Sea during World War II.
Table of contents: title: THE FIRST DAY; label: 1
title: "Take Station Y for Yorker"
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: Guardian Angel
pagenum: 14; label: 3
title: Prelude
pagenum: 21; label: 4
title: Second Attack
pagenum: 34; title: THE SECOND DAY; label: 5
title: "And Then There Was One"
pagenum: 38; label: 6
title: First Kill
pagenum: 48; label: 7
title: Engine Room
pagenum: 55; label: 8
title: "A" Turret
pagenum: 62; label: 9
title: Waiting
pagenum: 69; title: THE THIRD DAY; label: 10
title: Crisis
pagenum: 74; label: 11
title: The Challenge
pagenum: 78; label: 12
title: Oerlikon Gunner
pagenum: 82; label: 13
title: Direct Hit
pagenum: 84; label: 14
title: Gunlayer's Firing
pagenum: 89; label: 15
title: Casualties
pagenum: 100; label: 16
title: Damage Control
pagenum: 108; title: THE FOURTH DAY; label: 17
title: "When Will It End ?"
pagenum: 115; label: 18
title: "Request Permission to Proceed"
pagenum: 124