Sunk by a U-boat, Attacked by Kamikazes: Memoirs of a War at Sea

“… well worth reading and the reader gains some insight into the social life of crewmen at sea and on land.” —National Maritime Historical Society

Sunk by a U—boat, Attacked by Kamikazes tells the story of one man’s experiences during the years 1939 to 1947. Aged sixteen when the war broke out, Joseph Marsden worked casual shiftwork on the Liverpool docks. Lucky to survive an air raid on the night of 4 May 1941, he lost two members of his family before the Liverpool blitz came to an end. On ...