HMS Venomous-A Hard Fought Ship

摘要

'The summer of 1940 was long, hot, and earth shattering. On the beach at Southsea, the water of the English Channel seemed less frigid than usual, although it was far from warm. I built a sand castle, surrounded it with Martello towers, each made from one bucket of sand, and created an impregnable fortress - until the tide came in. But before the tide had completely destroyed my handiwork, we had to leave. Walking along the seafront towards the dockyard to meet my father had been a ritual for the past week as HMS Venomous was undergoing repairs after a collision.