Crash Dive: In Action With HMS Safari 1942-43
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As the boat's leading telegraphist, Arthur Dickison had a privileged position in the crew, with access to all signals traffic and the navigation officer as his boss who gave him an insight into why they were doing what they did. Over 18 months of war patrols he kept a personal diary of life aboard Safari (strictly against the rules), recording daily events ranging from the tedium of long sea passages to stalking enemy convoys, crash dives and fighting it out on the surface, making a submerged attack with torpedoes and the fear of sitting it out on the sea bottom while depth charges rained down all around. And all the time there is the underlying fear that they might never see England again.
The whole range of the submariner's experience and of human emotion is here in this truly unique account. It is important for several reasons, the most important being that it was written by a rating and not an officer, and it was written at the time of the events described not when the author was safely home in port or in later years.
| Author | Arthur P. Dickison |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sutton |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2003-12-22 |
| ISBN | 9780750931748 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
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