Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "HMS Erebus - Guide 066" video.

  1. I remember reading a novel about a monitor when I was in high school. Sort of the Rodney Dangerfield of ships. Can't remember the name though. Found it: H.M.S. Saracen by Douglas Reeman https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=H.%20M.%20S.%20Saracen%20by%20Douglas%20Reeman&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20 A few more links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Reeman Author's Web Site: https://www.douglasreeman.com/index.html https://www.google.com/search?q=H.+M.+S.+Saracen+by+Douglas+Reeman&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1 .
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  2. Yes! Found it just as you were posting! .
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  3. IIRC Singapore fell because the water purification plant was on the land and when it was lost the British gave up. There's probably more to it than that but that's all I remember. Of course ... if it had still been there it could have provided pure water. .
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  4. Novel based on this ship - HMS Saracen by Douglas Reeman Online Book https://books.google.com/books/about/H_M_S_Saracen.html?id=NT1hD3hoOHsC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false Various forms on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/H-M-S-Saracen-Douglas-Reeman/dp/1491572868 .
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