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Dick Shead, June'41, 2018

United Kingdom

HMS Retribution
Revenge (R) Class Battleship
Details as per the real ships
Note: Described as being part of Force Z along with HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse following the events of this story. The name does not clash with any serving Royal Navy ship having last being used for an Apollo Class Cruiser scrapped in 1911.

HMT Abalone
Armed Trawler
Armament: 1 x 4 inch gun (Bow), depth charges, Unspecified cannon mounted aft of the funnel.
No other details provided.

Germany

U-27
Type VII U-boat
Details as per the real ships.
Note: Pennant number clashes with a Type VIIA U-Boat in service 1936 - 1939. The submarine in the novel is extant in 1941. Author Hammond Innes also used this pennant for a fictional U-Boat in his 1940 novel 'Wreckers Must Breathe'.

Unnamed Base
Submarine Pen located on the Venezuelan island of Blanquilla. Has docking facilities for one U-Boat. Implied that following the events of this story, the US Government applied pressure on Venezuela to dismantle the facility.

Plot Summary: It is June 1941, an American pilot working for an air charter firm in the Caribbean finds himself and his friends caught up in intrigue surrounding the passage of a British battleship through the Panama Canal.

<blockquote data-quote="Graham1973" data-source="post: 378430" data-attributes="member: 5791">Dick Shead, June'41, 2018United KingdomHMS RetributionRevenge (R) Class BattleshipDetails as per the real shipsNote: Described as being part of Force Z along with HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse following the events of this story. The name does not clash with any serving Royal Navy ship having last being used for an Apollo Class Cruiser scrapped in 1911.HMT AbaloneArmed TrawlerArmament: 1 x 4 inch gun (Bow), depth charges, Unspecified cannon mounted aft of the funnel.No other details provided.GermanyU-27Type VII U-boatDetails as per the real ships.Note: Pennant number clashes with a Type VIIA U-Boat in service 1936 - 1939. The submarine in the novel is extant in 1941. Author Hammond Innes also used this pennant for a fictional U-Boat in his 1940 novel 'Wreckers Must Breathe'.Unnamed BaseSubmarine Pen located on the Venezuelan island of Blanquilla. Has docking facilities for one U-Boat. Implied that following the events of this story, the US Government applied pressure on Venezuela to dismantle the facility.Plot Summary: It is June 1941,&nbsp; an American pilot working for an air charter firm in the Caribbean finds himself and his friends caught up in intrigue surrounding the passage of a British battleship through the Panama Canal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graham1973, post: 378430, member: 5791"] [B]Dick Shead[/B], [I]June'41[/I], 2018 United Kingdom [B][I]HMS Retribution[/I][/B] Revenge (R) Class Battleship Details as per the real ships Note: Described as being part of Force Z along with [B][I]HMS Prince of Wales[/I][/B] and [B][I]HMS Repulse[/I][/B] following the events of this story. The name does not clash with any serving Royal Navy ship having last being used for an Apollo Class Cruiser scrapped in 1911. [B][I]HMT Abalone[/I][/B] Armed Trawler Armament: 1 x 4 inch gun (Bow), depth charges, Unspecified cannon mounted aft of the funnel. No other details provided. Germany [B][I]U-27[/I][/B] Type VII U-boat Details as per the real ships. Note: Pennant number clashes with a Type VIIA U-Boat in service 1936 - 1939. The submarine in the novel is extant in 1941. Author [B]Hammond Innes[/B] also used this pennant for a fictional U-Boat in his 1940 novel '[I]Wreckers Must Breathe[/I]'. [B][I]Unnamed [/I][/B]Base Submarine Pen located on the Venezuelan island of Blanquilla. Has docking facilities for one U-Boat. Implied that following the events of this story, the US Government applied pressure on Venezuela to dismantle the facility. Plot Summary: It is June 1941, an American pilot working for an air charter firm in the Caribbean finds himself and his friends caught up in intrigue surrounding the passage of a British battleship through the Panama Canal. [/QUOTE]

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