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De wrede zee

By Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1976, Elsevier, Amsterdam
ISBN 9010017036
Paperback, 430 pages
The book is a fiction
book is in Dutch language

Descripton: The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. First published 1951. A movie of the same name was based on this book.

- This book has been translated from another language.