Creighton, Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm, KBE, MVO (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO, — CONVOY COMMODORE.

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), for the numerous allied convoys of WW2, the post of 'Commodore of Convoy' was created to act as the Senior Officer of the merchant vessels, the buffer between the Naval Escort Commander and the merchant captains. The author, a retired Rear-Admiral, spent three years and twenty-five convoys from 1940-43 in this capacity mainly in the North Atlantic and relates his experiences, edges tanned, spine darkened, very good,