H.M.S. Crusader - Buch

Death by fire - Death by ice

These were the twin threats confronting the seamen on the North Atlantic convoys: fire from the Luftwaffe's bombs, and from the torpedoes of the lurking U-Boats; ice in the deadly cold waters that could kill in three minutes, five minutes at the most.

Between these two hells lived another threat: the slow paralysing hand of fear.