The Cruel Sea

Hailed by some as the greatest naval book of World War II, The Cruel Sea is a powerful novel of the war in North Atlantic. This is the story of the British ships Compass Rose and Saltash and of their desperate cat-and-mouse game to protect the Allied convoy ships from Nazi U-boats. First published to great acclaim in 1951, The Cruel Sea remains a classic novel of endurance and daring. A maritime adventure originally published in 1951. Set in the Second World War, two ships and their crews of about a hundred and fifty men are involved in defending Atlantic convoys against impossible odds.