DECK LOGS FOR H.M.S. LONDON 4 deck logs, 7 August 1942-11 Fe...

Estimate

£400 - £600

DECK LOGS FOR H.M.S. LONDON

4 deck logs, 7 August 1942-11 February 1945. 88, 92, 92, 95 leaves, written throughout in pencil. H.M.S. London, a County Class cruiser sailed on 12 September 1942 from Loch Ewe with the cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk to provide cruiser cover for the merchant ships bound for Murmansk. In July 1943 she was deployed for an offensive sweep off Norway as a diversion from the Sicily landings. In August of the same year, she was deployed on interception duty to prevent a breakout of German warships for attacks on Atlantic convoys between the Faeroes and Iceland. In November she was deployed for convoy defence and interception in the Indian Ocean. A further two deck logs (17 August-18 February 1946) describe the surrender of the Japanese forces in Sumatra carried out on board (31 August 1945) and the attempt to rescue H.M.S. Amethyst which had been trapped in the Yangtze River. While in action against Chinese shore batteries, the London was hit by 23 shells which caused major damage. She returned to England on 18 June 1949 and was decommissioned and broken up later that year, folio - 14½ x 10½in. (37.2 x 26.7cm)

(4)

Lower fore-covers mostly dogeared, some worn away, in original printed boards, slightly worn.