Sailor’s Heart

Description

This absorbing novel follows the experiences of three men serving below decks on the Arctic Convoys in 1942. Clarence the engineer holds himself responsible for a horrific accident; circus-born Marco is bullied and cannot make himself understood through his Gypsy dialect; the combination of harsh experience at sea and tragedy ashore shatters ASDIC operator Duncan’s system of belief. All three men are sent to HMS Standard, a ‘stone frigate’ at Kieldar in Northumberland – A review from Yachting Monthly