Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009)
Author of Pursuit : The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck
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Works by Ludovic Kennedy
The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptman (1806) 98 copies
Youth at war [comprising: (1) "Fighter pilot" by Paul Richey, (2) "Sub-lieutenant" by Ludovic Kennedy, (3) "Infantry… (1944) — Contributor — 4 copies
War Papers 3 copies
Interview for results 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Kennedy, Ludovic
- Legal name
- Kennedy, Ludovic Henry Coverley
- Other names
- Sir Ludovic Kennedy
- Birthdate
- 1919-11-03
- Date of death
- 2009-10-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (birth)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK - Education
- Eton College
Oxford University (Christ Church) - Occupations
- Broadcaster
Journalist
author
political activist - Relationships
- Shearer, Moira (wife)
- Organizations
- BBC
Liberal Party
Liberal Democrats
Royal Navy
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THE WAR ROOM (1)
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- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 6
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- 14
- ISBNs
- 73
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- 9
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In the final pages of his memoir, Prime Minister Winston Churchill is on board having transferred from HMS Prince of Wales, off Iceland, after his Atlantic Charter meeting with President Roosevelt. Full details of the movements of HMS Tartar are at https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-34Tribal-HMS_Tartar.htm + https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4229.html.
By the end of May 1941 (637 days of war), HMS Tartar held two records. She was the first British destroyer to have spent 200 days at sea in the Second World War and the first to have steamed 100,000 nautical miles since the start of the war. For most of Ludovic Kennedy's time in HMS Tartar, her captain was Commander Lionel Peyton Skipwith RN (1902-1978).
Ludo's is a tale well told, war at sea for two years through the eyes of a young officer who had lost his father in the first weeks of the war; it includes a number of black and white plates - but how I wish there was an index!… (more)