Secret Warriors: British Submarines in the Cold War
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Secret Warriors: British Submarines in the Cold War
By (Author) Dr Paul Brown
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
1st July 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Military vehicles
Naval forces and warfare
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Maritime history
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Description
A highly illustrated history of the Cold War operations of the submarines of the Royal Navy, 194890. The Cold War was a period of intense activity for submarines of the Royal Navy, with many hair-raising incidents involving Soviet vessels. They were engaged in frequent hazardous surveillance patrols investigating Soviet submarines and surface warships and their operational tactics, and trailing Soviet strategic submarines (SSBNs), as well as conducting British deterrent SSBN patrols and protecting those patrols using attack submarines (SSNs). There were also dangerous patrols which trialled submarine operation under the Arctic ice-cap. In addition to these activities there were operations in other conflicts and war theatres including the Falklands War, the Suez campaign, the Northern Ireland troubles, and the Indonesian confrontation. This new study will contain much original information that is being published for the first time, and the author has interviewed Cold War era submarine commanders and engineers, submitted Freedom of Information requests, trawled the National Archives, the archives of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and IWM, as well as been though personal accounts of the senior officers and many secondary sources. It will also be well illustrated with stunning black and white images, technical drawings and maps.
Author Bio
Dr Paul Brown is a maritime history author and speaker whose recent publications include Britains Historic Ships (Conway), Historic Sail, Maritime Portsmouth, and Abandon Ship (Osprey). A member of the Society for Nautical Research and the Britannia Naval Research Association, and Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society, he is also a consultant to National Historic Ships, the UKs authority on the preservation of historic ships and boats. He was previously a university lecturer and senior university manager, and has lectured at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
