HMS Audax

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  • O'Neil
  • is
  • back!!! War
  • on
  • the
  • High
  • Seas! David
  • O'Neil,
  • master
  • story
  • teller
  • of
  • British
  • sea
  • war
  • heroes
  • and
  • heroines
  • returns
  • with
  • his
  • best
  • military
  • sea-going
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • to
  • date:
  • HMS
  • Audax. Mercilessly,
  • the
  • British
  • convoy
  • was
  • attacked
  • as
  • it
  • approached
  • the
  • port
  • of
  • Liverpool.
  • A
  • sneak
  • torpedo
  • attack
  • came
  • from
  • a
  • submerged
  • German
  • U-Boat
  • from
  • the
  • direction
  • of
  • the
  • Irish
  • Sea.
  • The
  • Port
  • Arthur,
  • carrying
  • flour
  • and
  • rice,
  • took
  • the
  • full
  • force
  • of
  • the
  • attack
  • and
  • literally
  • exploded
  • over
  • the
  • surrounding
  • sea.
  • Her
  • nearest
  • companions
  • in
  • the
  • next
  • line
  • of
  • ships
  • were
  • coated
  • in
  • flour,
  • and
  • took
  • numerous
  • wounds
  • from
  • the
  • metal
  • debris
  • scattered
  • about
  • the
  • killing
  • zone.
  • Two
  • men
  • died
  • and
  • two
  • others
  • received
  • injuries
  • from
  • the
  • hundreds
  • of
  • small
  • pieces
  • of
  • shrapnel
  • from
  • the
  • shattered
  • freighter.
  • When
  • the
  • air
  • cleared
  • the
  • ship
  • was
  • gone,
  • completely.
  • Of
  • the
  • thirteen
  • man
  • crew,
  • none
  • survived.
  • By
  • the
  • time
  • the
  • nearest
  • escort
  • reached
  • the
  • area
  • the
  • attacker
  • was
  • well clear.
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