Proud Waters Author:Ewart Brookes When Lieutenant William Haley RNVR is transferred from Navigating Officer on a destroyer to command a minesweeper at a base close to the German-occupied French coast, he accepts the post with reluctance. The ship was known to have a sullen crew and a young lieutenant smarting under the injustice of a previous commander. But, as Haley discovers, ... more »the task of minesweeping is as essential as it is perilous, claiming a high price in human life and loyalty.
Authentic, gripping and moving, Proud Waters has been rightly acclaimed as one of the best sea stories to come out of World War II.« less