Last in Convoy, James Pattinson
Last in Convoy, James Pattinson
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Last in Convoy

Author: James Pattinson

Narrator: Terry Wale

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 07/01/2006


Synopsis

When a convoy of 45 ships tries to make it from Halifax to England, it finds progress sabotaged by an onslaught of enemy submarine torpedoes. Terror strikes the crews who are forced to witness their comrades drowning or becoming human torches amid the burning oil spilling from the ships. Engine failure forces the SS Regal Gesture to drop out of the convoy and make her way across the hostile waters alone and undefended. Will the Regal Gesture and her crew make it to port with a fire in her hold, an unexploded bomb in her forecastle, no wireless and a half-crazed man for a skipper?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rupert on July 12, 2015

Great book. A fictional account of an Atlantic convoy in World War 2, written by one who served on these convoys. I really cannot fault this at all. Great chracters, pacey plot, fantastic action scenes. A great book.......more

Goodreads review by Eugene on April 15, 2022

I read this novel because I had recently read one of the author's short stories in a crime anthology. He served in WW2 on an armed merchantmen, and is well known for his war stories. This book is regarded as one of Pattinson's best and draws heavily on his own experience. It's a thumping good war st......more