Pan Books, 1969

This biography of a forceful and resolute seaman is more than a story of the man. It is a saga of the means - of the patience, the courage, the ingenuity - by which the Royal Navy saved the Allied cause. It shows with admirable clarity how the ding-dong struggle against the German U-boat developed and how much of our success in it was due to this unremitting and brilliant officer. It is one of the most comprehensive accounts of the struggle of the small ships against U-boat and enemy aircraft to come out of the post war memories of this part of the war...