No. 13 Actions with Enemy Disguised Raiders 1940-1941 [British Navy] NAVAL STAFF HISTORY SECOND WORLD WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES

This Battle Summary analyses eight encounters with Axis merchant raiders up to the end of 1941, a decisive 28-month phase of the Second World War at sea. Enemy raiders sank one British cruiser, one armed merchant cruiser, and 618,108 tons of merchant shipping, but suffered heavy losses in return, including three raiders and two probable supply ships. Part of the Naval Staff History of the Second World War, compiled by the British Admiralty, this formerly classified study is now available as a facsimile reprint from The Naval & Military Press.