01931nam 2200457 450 991015862130332120230808201213.01-59013-728-01-59013-727-2(CKB)3710000001008214(MiAaPQ)EBC4775438(EXLCZ)99371000000100821420170117h20162016 uy 1engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSend a gunboat /Douglas ReemanIthaca, New York :McBooks Press, Inc.,2016.©20161 online resource (289 pages)1-59013-729-9 "The orders from the Admiralty to the Captain were explicit. He was to take his ship to the small island of Santu, which lay under threat of invasion from the Communist mainland of China, and evacuate the British colony there. The ship, however, was the flat-bottomed, antiquated River gunboat H. M. S. Wagtail, waiting in a Hong Kong harbor for the disgrace of the breaker's hammer to overtake her. Her captain, Justin Rolfe, embittered by the verdict of a court-martial, knew that the assignment offered more than escape from misery and humiliation--it was a reprieve for himself and his ship"--Provided by publisher.World War, 1939-1945Naval operations, BritishFictionShip captainsFictionTurret shipsFictionGreat BritainHistory, Naval20th centuryFictionWorld War, 1939-1945Naval operations, BritishShip captainsTurret ships823/.914FIC047000FIC014000bisacshReeman Douglas1245432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910158621303321Send a gunboat2888430UNINA