A Destroyer at War

A Destroyer at War The Fighting Life and Loss of HMS Havock from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean 1939–42 Author:Richard H Osborne Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:320 Photos:Central black and white plate section Publisher:Frontline Books ISBN:9781526709004 Item No. 9781526709004 It was headline news on 8 April 1942: ‘One of the Navy’s most famous destroyers, a ship which survived bombs, torpedoes and full scale battles, has been wrecked’. That destroyer was HMS Havock, described in another newspaper as ‘Britain’s No 2 Destroyer of this war – second only in fame and glory to the Cossack.’Havock had earned her reputation guarding the convoys across the Atlantic in 1939 and at Narvik in the abortive bid to stave off the German occupation of Norway in 1940\. Havock was then transferred to the Mediterranean, fighting at the Battle of Cape Spada in 1940 and in 1941 at the Battle of Matapan