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Securing the narrow sea : the Dover patrol, 1914-1918

Dunn, Steve R. <author>

eBook 2017

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 "A stirring account of a vital but largely forgotten campaign at sea that was dedicated to defeating the German Navy and so prevent the transit of merchant ships and U-boats to and from German ports, while at tne same time safeguarding the safe passage of troops to the Western Front."--Back cover
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Description *Securing the narrow sea : the Dover patrol, 1914-1918 / Steve R Dunn. - Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Seaforth Publishing, 2017
©2017
1 online resource
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ISBN 9781848322516
9781848322509
1848322518
184832250X
9781848322493
1848322496
Author
Dunn, Steve R. <author>
Publication year 2017
Contents note Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part One: A Changing World; 1 A Change of Plan; 2 Dover Harbour and the Dover Strait; 3 New Technology, New Tactics; 4 War: August to October 1914; Part Two: Hood; 5 Horace Hood; 6 Shells from the Sea, October 1914; 7 Frustration, November 1914; 8 Decline and Fall, November 1914 to April 1915; Part Three: Bacon; 9 Reginald Bacon; 10 Sea Adaptability, April to December 1915; 11 Barring the Strait and Difficult Times, 1915-1916; 12 On the Defensive: Minesweeping and the First Battle of the Dover Strait, 1916; 13 New Ships and a New Barrage, 1917. 14 Fighting Back: The Second Battle of the Dover Strait and the Bombardments of Zeebrugge and Ostend, 191715 The Lure of the Offensive, 1917; Part Four: Keyes; 16 Roger Keyes; 17 Under Pressure: Keyes Takes Charge and the Massacre of the Drifters, 1918; 18 Twisting the Dragon's Tail: The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918; 19 The Long Watch Ends: The Loss of Glatton and the Armistice, 1918; Part Five: Life in the Patrol; 20 The Downs Boarding Flotilla; 21 Life in the Dover Patrol; 22 Dover and Ramsgate; 23 Envoi: Analysis and Conclusions; 24 In Memoriam; Author's Notes; Appendices. 1 Composition of the Dover Patrol on 1 November 19142 Hood's Ships; 3 Bacon's Monitors; 4 The Zeebrugge and Ostend Victoria Crosses; 5 Composition of the Dover Patrol on Armistice Day 1918; 6 U-boats sunk in the Areas Covered by the Dover Patrol; Bibliography and Primary Sources; Notes; Plate section