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Sonarman
10-18-07, 04:03 PM
Anti-sub books are like buses... you wait at the stop for ages & nothing happens, then when you are about to give up hope 3 arrive at once:

Atlantic Escorts, Ships, Weapons &Tactics by DK Brown due mid Oct (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atlantic-Escorts-Ships-Weapons-Tactics/dp/1591140129/ref=sr_1_1/203-2632195-7976723?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192741256&sr=1-1)

U-Boats-Vs-Destroyer-Escorts by Gordon Williamson due mid Oct (http://www.amazon.co.uk/U-Boats-Vs-Destroyer-Escorts-Atlantic/dp/1846031338/ref=sr_1_1/203-2632195-7976723?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192741208&sr=8-1)

Anti-Submarine-Warfare-Illustrated by David Owen due mid Nov (http://www.amazon.com/Anti-submarine-Warfare-Illustrated-David-Owen/dp/1591140145/ref=sr_1_1/002-5164744-0146461?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192745425&sr=8-1)

Chock
10-18-07, 04:18 PM
You might like this book, I have it and it is very interesting indeed, lots of stuff about the early develoment of anti-sub tactics in WW1, and quite a bit about the infamous 'Baralong' incident:

http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mirrors-Q-Ships-Against-U-Boats/dp/0750946059/ref=sr_1_1/103-9228666-4976613?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192742398&sr=1-1

:D Chock

Sonarman
10-18-07, 05:05 PM
Thanks for that, looks interesting especially since its WW1