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Gone to Sea in a Bucket by David Black
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Gone to Sea in a Bucket (edition 2015)

by David Black

Series: Harry Gilmour (1)

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Like all young men of a certain age, Harry Gilmour had his own notion of how a naval battle should be. This wasn't it. Norway, 1940: Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmour's first encounter with battleship action is not the adventure he had hoped for. Faced with a thankless task and ill equipped to handle it, Gilmour's inexperience leads to a damning allegation. His future hangs in the balance. But then Lieutenant Peter Dumaresq steps in to offer him a lifeline--an advanced navigation course that will take him aboard a crack submarine, HMS Pelorus, under the command of a Royal Navy hero. Faced with a possible court martial, Harry chooses life underwater. Once aboard, however, Harry is confronted for the first time by the full horror of submarine warfare. If he can just overcome his fears, it will be the making of him. Because survival itself is the challenge now. For Harry and the rest of the crew, the next depth charge could be the one that sinks them.… (more)
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Title:Gone to Sea in a Bucket
Authors:David Black
Info:Thomas & Mercer, Kindle Edition, 370 pages
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Gritty, quite good story about a submarine mission to Russia prior to the Nazi invasion of said country. Authentic portrayal of the complications of manning, managing and surviving life on these difficult and dangerous ships of war. ( )
  jamespurcell | Jun 24, 2017 |
Harry Gilmour abandons his university course on the outbreak of WW2 and volunteers for the Navy. Eventually he is assigned to submarines and the book details his rapid maturity in the face of the brutal conditions on a submarine. Extremely well researched and detailed background on life in the submarine service, as confirmed in the introduction by someone who has experienced submarines. ( )
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Like all young men of a certain age, Harry Gilmour had his own notion of how a naval battle should be. This wasn't it. Norway, 1940: Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmour's first encounter with battleship action is not the adventure he had hoped for. Faced with a thankless task and ill equipped to handle it, Gilmour's inexperience leads to a damning allegation. His future hangs in the balance. But then Lieutenant Peter Dumaresq steps in to offer him a lifeline--an advanced navigation course that will take him aboard a crack submarine, HMS Pelorus, under the command of a Royal Navy hero. Faced with a possible court martial, Harry chooses life underwater. Once aboard, however, Harry is confronted for the first time by the full horror of submarine warfare. If he can just overcome his fears, it will be the making of him. Because survival itself is the challenge now. For Harry and the rest of the crew, the next depth charge could be the one that sinks them.

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