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Keble Chatterton turns his attention to the history of HMS Severn, a British monitor that duelled with the Konigsberg in the Rufijiand and also took part in the attack on Tanga and other operations in East Africa until the end of the war. Based on interviews with many of the protagonists and original manuscripts, both British and German, this is the story of a ship whose five-year career was packed tight with action from start to finish.

HMS Severn was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships Humber and Mersey. She had been christened Solimoes by the Brazilians, but was renamed by the British. The three ships were the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships. As a result of her shallow draught, she was very unmanoeuvrable and unseaworthy in open waters in anything more than a Force 5 wind.

Severn had a relatively successful career during the First World War with at least three engagements. At the Battle of the Yser in 1914, off the coast of Belgium, she bombarded German troops as well as artillery positions. On 10 October 1914, she survived an attack by the submarine U-8 when a torpedo passed under the shallow-draught vessel. In early 1915, the twin turret was removed and replaced by two shielded single 6-inch guns fore and aft. In July 1915, the monitor was towed to the Rufiji River delta in German East Africa where she and Mersey then assisted in the destruction of the German light cruiser Königsberg. She continued to serve on the East Africa station until 1918 and after a long refit in Alexandria, also served on the lower Danube until March 1919. She was sold for breaking up on 9 May 1921 to Thos. W. Ward, of Preston, and arrived at their yards on 23 March 1923.

Keble Chatterton is unquestionably one of the most important and vivid nautical authors of the past century, using both first-hand accounts from the people that were there at the time and having the opportunity to access to official documents. Chatterton recorded the maritime history of Britain at its most momentous point of change, from sail to steam, from the advent of the submarine to the carrier.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781474537001
  • Publisher: Naval & Military Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Naval & Military Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 308
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1474537006
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 489 gr


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