[Z] MIDSHIPMAN'S LOG BOOKS FROM H.M.S. RENOWN, CIRCA 1941

MIDSHIPMAN'S LOG BOOKS FROM H.M.S. RENOWN, CIRCA 1941

kept by W.D.G. Montag, over two volumes between 3 May 1940 (H.M.S. Wolsey, 18 August – 9 November) – 29 November 1941, 305 pp Firth of Forth, Scapa Flow, Iceland, Gibraltar, at sea, action off Skerki Bank between Italian and British Forces, remarking on Churchill’s speech on 23 December 1940, raid of the Tirso Dam 3 February 1941, Bombardment of Genoa 9 February 1941, Description of German prisoners 20 March 1941 ('an ugly looking lot') and the information from the same prisoners at Gibraltar, Battle in the Mediterranean 31 March (allied victory with many Italian and German survivors and honourable mention of a few Jugoslav ships), concern about German invasion of the Balkans 4 April, Satisfactory evacuation of Benghazi 9 April, detailing the bombing of various cities (Salonika, Sofia, Coventry etc.) 8 May 1941, Operation Tiger (a successful air-sea operation) 20 May, Operation Split (a less successful operation) 24-27 May, A REMARKABLY DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE SINKING OF THE BISMARCK (‘she deserves a high place in the history of this war’). 4 pen and ink drawings, 4 with hand colouring and 7 maps and plans, one double-page, one hand-coloured and one coloured in outline, 2 sheets tipped in (Examination of Midshipmen) original buckram, paper label on front covers, very rubbed -- 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20 cm.)

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