The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tate s Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. The officers and seamen were mainly ex-fishermen who had manned trawlers in Icelandic waters. The service was armed mostly with obsolete weaponry and suffered heavy casualties in the early stages of the war. The service was not confined to the seas around Britain and their small trawlers, drifters, paddle steamers, yachts and tugs saw service as far away as the Mediterranean and Newfoundland coast. Their main tasks included convoy escort duties, mine sweeping and anti-submarine work. Many awards for bravery were won including a VC. This book looks at the Service personnel, the boats, equipment and includes many first-hand accounts from crew. Lengthy Appendices include vessel s names, numbers and fate.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By a flynn
Format:Hardcover
Like AIR WAR OVER THE NORE (by same authors) a rip-off from other people's books and websites. Legal action was certainly threatened. See the reviews by Lt-Cmdr Hoole, Nick Clark, J Seeley and other naval veterans.
Sutherland and Canwell are hack writers --if that's not too kind.
They publish one book every 3-4 weeks, on a vast (and ridiculous) range of subjects, on very few of which they have any genuine knowledge.
Sutherland and Canwell are hack writers --if that's not too kind.
They publish one book every 3-4 weeks, on a vast (and ridiculous) range of subjects, on very few of which they have any genuine knowledge.
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Nothing new and a poorly researched history of the Royal Naval Patrol Service
Nov 13 2010
By Nick Clark
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Format:Hardcover
A completely missed opportunity to write a revised history of the Royal Naval Patrol Service since 'Trawlers Go To War' by Lund & Ludlam (Foulsham 1971)
It's now nearly 40 years ago when since TGTW was first published and in that time much more in the way of documentary evidence from both British and German archives has been made freely available. This new book shows nothing new on the subject and for that reason I find it quite basic.
Quite often the book seems to lack some much needed in-depth detail especially on the important achievements of the RNPS including the 24 trawlers that were sent out to protect the east cost of the United States in 1942.
Worse still, there is NOTHING in the book that lists references, sources or acknowledgements in relation to any research. Indeed most of this material seems to be lifted from already familiar titles - you can spot them all in Sutherland's and Cranwell's rather short and limited bibliography, which incidentally is shortened further by the inclusion of three of their own titles!
Someone just repeating what's already been published and doing a little research on the Internet could have easily written this book
Once again the lack of acknowledgements and references is some what suspect.
Two stars - If this title inspires people for the first time to learn a little about the Royal Naval Patrol Service - otherwise leave it on the shelf and look for a second-hand copy of `Trawlers Go To War' - Lund & Ludlum
It's now nearly 40 years ago when since TGTW was first published and in that time much more in the way of documentary evidence from both British and German archives has been made freely available. This new book shows nothing new on the subject and for that reason I find it quite basic.
Quite often the book seems to lack some much needed in-depth detail especially on the important achievements of the RNPS including the 24 trawlers that were sent out to protect the east cost of the United States in 1942.
Worse still, there is NOTHING in the book that lists references, sources or acknowledgements in relation to any research. Indeed most of this material seems to be lifted from already familiar titles - you can spot them all in Sutherland's and Cranwell's rather short and limited bibliography, which incidentally is shortened further by the inclusion of three of their own titles!
Someone just repeating what's already been published and doing a little research on the Internet could have easily written this book
Once again the lack of acknowledgements and references is some what suspect.
Two stars - If this title inspires people for the first time to learn a little about the Royal Naval Patrol Service - otherwise leave it on the shelf and look for a second-hand copy of `Trawlers Go To War' - Lund & Ludlum
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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churchill's pirates
Oct 3 2011
By a flynn
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
This book has been the subject of protests to the publishers because it includes large amounts of material (long eye-witness, quotations, appendices, photos) taken direct and unaltered from other publications without permission. It includes a 50-page (!) appendix of trawlers which tediously and pointlessly takes up 20% of the book, and a 32-page list of medal recipients copied verbatim from a Royal Navy mine warfare veteran's website.
The authors, who produce one book every few weeks, on every imaginable subject, fall into the category of unprofessional and unethical, not to mention ill-informed, hacks.
The authors, who produce one book every few weeks, on every imaginable subject, fall into the category of unprofessional and unethical, not to mention ill-informed, hacks.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Royal Navy Patrol Service
Dec 27 2011
By K. Schneider
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Format:Hardcover
Read "Trawlers go to War" and "Lilliput Fleet"....there much better, save your money...U can buy both book in paper back and have money left over.
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