"HMS Rorqual, commanded by Lennox Napier DSO DSC, June 1941-December 1943 focuses on both the tactically important missions of HMS Rorqual and Napier's character and approach to submarine command in a sea dominated by Axis sea and air forces. HMS Rorqual not only brought the first submarine relief to the beleaguered island of Malta, but cut off the supply of Tiger tanks to the German Afrika Korps in North Africa, and sank one of the last remaining Axis tankers in the Mediterranean - an act which, according to Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, made Hitler go red in the face, something considered by Lennox as a lifetime achievement. With much success, but after several narrow escapes Lennox Napier successfully brought HMS Rorqual home when many other submarines did not return."--Provided by the publisher.