John Winton joined the Royal Navy in 1949 as a cadet and retired in 1963 as a Lieutenant-Commander. He is widely known as a novelist and historian of the sea. He died in 2001.
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The engrossing but tragic history of the Royal Navy's worst loss of World War Two. Ideal for fans of Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings, and Craig L. Symonds. On 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer esc... SEE MORE