Launched in 1945 and commissioned two years later; submarine HMS Alliance was built for service with the Royal Navy in the Far East. Alliancehad a long and distinguished career of more than 28 years that took her all over the world. Today; Alliance is the centrepiece at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum; Gosport; where the submarine experience is brought to life by tours around the boat. Former submariner and historian Peter Goodwin gives Alliance the Haynes Manual treatment; examining in detail her construction and restoration; and describing what it was like to live; work and go to war in a submarine.
1999-07-01Original language:English #File Name: 0854201688200 pages
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