In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked
news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages
of national newspapers. Affray had gone to sea on a routine
peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed
her last position at 21.15 hours on April 16th, 30 miles south of
the Isle of Wight--and preparing to dive. This was the last signal
ever received from the submarine. When divers eventually discovered
Affray, they found her resting upright on the sea bottom with no
obvious signs of damage to her hull. Hatches were closed tight and
emergency buoys were still in their casings. It was obvious that
whatever had caused Affray to sink and end the lives of all on
board had occurred quickly. Fifty-six years later, in this
compelling maritime investigation, Alan Gallop uses previously top
secret documents, interviews with experts, and contemporary news
sources to explore how and why Affray became the last British
submarine lost at sea--and possibly the greatest maritime mystery
since the Marie Celeste. This is a fascinating recreation of the
last mission of this doomed submarine, the effect it had on the
families of those who perished, and on British public opinion at
the time.
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