HMS ULYSSES by Alastair Maclean

Originally Posted by malcymalc

Kurt,
Another good read is "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat (also made into a great film about 40 years ago). He served in convoy escorts and the B/W photography in the movie really caught the cold grey Atlantic - v atmospheric. I remember reading a foreward that he had written for a book about U-boats and his hatred for them still came through loud and clear.

His intro was for U-Boat 997, by Heinz Schaefer, also a great non-fiction book. Another I like is Donald MacIntyre's U-Boat Killer. Neither of those has the great suspense of a well-written piece of fiction, but both are about true events.