A hunter killer is a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. This book follows the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now. Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in World War II-era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated...

This is a fully revised and updated edition of the comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day.

This book, and the television series which it accompanies, recreates all the excitement and drama of life under the sea and the extraordinary vessels which roam there.

Drawing on written records and dozens of interviews, author Michael Gunton tells the history of submarines during two world wars, concentrating on the experience of officers and men who served and fought - all incredibly young - from all the leading maritime nations.

HMS Conqueror, 5000 tons of nuclear-powered menace, was Britain's deadliest hunter-killer submarine. This book exposes the many secrets of the Conqueror's operations up to and beyond the Falkland Wars. It is a story of incredible courage and derring-do, of men who put their lives on the line and spent up to six months beneath the sea.

This is the story of how HMS Seal's crew miraculously escaped death in their flooded submarine but were forced to surrender to the Germans and endure five years as prisoners of war while bombs rained on Germany.

In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War & Festival of Britain from the front pages of national newspapers. 56 years later, in this maritime investigation, Alan Gallop uses previously top secret documents, interviews with experts & contemporary news sources to explore why Affray was lost at sea.

This work covers the declining fortunes of the U-boat arm as a whole from early 1943, when it seemed invincible and seriously threatened the Allies with defeat, to the end of the war when the tide had so thoroughly turned against these sub-surface raiders.

Covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, the author has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of the war. The early chapters describe prewar submarine development, including technical advances and limitations, weapons, tactical use and life onboard, and examine the men who crewed them and explore...

Full of glamour, mystery, and real-life suspense, 'Dead Wake' captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war.