Gunboat Commander: the Biography of Lieutenant Commander Robert Hichens DSO* DSC** RNVR 9781844156566, 9781844681709, 9781848849600, 9781844681402, 9781844687121, 9781844681808, 9781783031788, 1844156567

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Gunboat Commander: the Biography of Lieutenant Commander Robert Hichens DSO* DSC** RNVR
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Table of contents :
Cover --
Acknowledgements --
Prologue --
Preface --
Chapter 1. Cornish Roots --
Chapter 2. Cornwall in the Thirties --
Chapter 3. Sweeping in the Phoney War --
Chapter 4. Dunkirk --
Chapter 5. Invasion Threat --
Chapter 6. First Command --
Chapter 7. MGB 64 --
Chapter 8. Sixth Flotilla --
Chapter 9. First Blood --
Chapter 10. Winter Operations --
Chapter 11. Summer Patrols --
Chapter 12. Dartmouth --
Chapter 13. Short Run to a Swift Death --
Chapter 14. Final Winter --
Chapter 15. A Misfortune of War --
Chapter 16. Aftermath --
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