Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 The

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In the 114 years since its birth, the Royal Navy Submarine Service has stretched from the North Pole to the South Atlantic, from the Far East to the Barents Sea. The United Kingdom is girdled with the infrastructure required to support this vast enterprise; and the submarines of its Trident system form the sole basis of the UK's position as the world's reluctant nuclear power. Yet it remains shrouded in secrecy.

Written with privileged access to documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the British submarine service since the end of the Second World War.

'Plunges straight into the action . . . Hennessy and Jinks have been given unprecedented access to one of Britain's most secretive institutions. The result of the fullest history of the submarine service published . . . At its heart is the story of a secret front line of the Cold War.' Ben Wilson, The Times

'Hennessy's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious . . . the reader cannot fail to be absorbed by dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with Soviet hunter-killer submarines, embarrassing spy scandals and lucid accounts of the Falklands War - all enlivened with first-hand testimony.' Richard Blackmore, Independent

'Lifts the hatch on the secrets of Britain's ultimate deterrent.' Sunday Times

'The authors have been into the farthest nooks and compartments of the submariners' world . . . the definitive work for future generations to wonder at.' Admiral Lord West, Spectator

'The bible on submarine ops.' Doug Littlejohns, CO HMS Sceptre