Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Admiralty Regrets

2 The Thin Grey Line

3 The Submariners

4 ‘. . . the Violence of the Enemy’

5 ‘. . . the Dangers of the Sea’

6 A Slight Drizzle

7 The Polish Predicament

8 A Most Appalling Crash

9 Luck and Good Fortune

10 Something Less Than God

11 Negative Flag

12 First Blood

13 Action Taken

14 A Most Unpleasant Day

15 Freedom of Action

16 Out of the Fog

17 Le Grande Patrouille

18 Fear of Invasion

19 ‘We’ve ’it a Bleedin’ Mine’

20 Submarine Mining Operations

21 Black, Filthy Water

22 Deep-Sea Stalkers

23 Allied Submarines

24 A Summer of Grief

25 Cygnus’s Convoy

26 Loss of Shark

27 Brushes

28 Autumnsong

Appendices

Abbreviations

Notes

References

Index