The Ulysses is sunk in a failed attempt to ram a German cruiser after all her other weapons had been destroyed… Listen online to free English audiobook "HMS Ulysses” on our website to experience Alistair MacLean's novel. All slowly reduce the convoy from 32 ships to only five. But they are beset by numerous challenges: an unusually fierce Arctic storm, German ships and U-boats, as well as air attacks. The Ulysses had been a lucky ship, fast, equipped with radar, with a captain who was worshipped by his crew. Ulysses puts to sea again to escort FR-77, a vital convoy heading for Murmansk. The book sold a quarter of a million copies in hardback in England in the first six months of publication. The publishing company Collins asked him for a novel and he responded with HMS Ulysses, based on his own war experiences, as well as credited insight from his brother Ian, a master mariner. While a university student, MacLean began writing short stories for extra income, winning a competition in 1954 with the maritime story "Dileas". HMS Ulysses was Alistair MacLean's debut novel. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. Ulysses, which takes place on a British destroyer. The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. MacLean effectively translated his own experiences as a torpedo man on a convoy escort into the plot of H.M.S. He joined the Royal Navy in 1941, serving in World War II with the ranks of Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, and Leading Torpedo Operator. In this classic novel of heroism and the sea, Alistair MacLean tells the story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk - a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance, crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic. OL26282798W Page_number_confidence 96.28 Pages 486 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211028095325 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1018 Scandate 20211027095817 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780007892181 Tts_version 4.Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist.
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