Passage to Destiny
Subtitle: The sinking of the SS Khedive Ismail in the sea war against Japan
Publisher: Paul Watkins
Published: September 1997
Place of publication: Stamford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781900289108
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: Second World War
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 The early history of SS Aconcagua/Khedive Ismail; title: Chapter 2 Convoy KR8; title: Chapter 3 The sinking of SS Khedive Ismail; title: Chapter 4 Attack at all costs; title: Chapter 5 The Board of Enquiry; title: Chapter 6 The findings of the Board of Enquiry; title: Appendices:; title: 1 Comparison of warships involved in aftermath of convoy KR8 with a German type 7c U-boat; title: 2 Allied shipping sunk by Japanese submarine I-27; title: 3 Known East African personnel missing; title: 4 Names of other known personnel missing; title: 5 Second World War Allied Merchant Navy disasters; title: 6 Nominal list of survivors recorded on HMS Petard; title: 7 Signals sent to and from ships in convoy KR8 9–12 February 1944; title: 8 Messages concerning the mysterious Japanese survivor; title: 9 Daily U-boat dispositions broadcast by Commander-in- Chief Eastern Fleet; title: 10 Time and information concerning attacks on Japanese submarine; title: Picture Credits; title: Bibliography and unpublished sources; title: Index