ATROCITY ON THE ATLANTIC

ATROCITY ON THE ATLANTIC 
by Nate Hendley.


June 27th, 1918.
The hospital ship 'Llandovery Castle' was returning to Britain from Canada with 258 people on board. Being a hospital ship it was unarmed, brightly lit, & was clearly marked with Red Cross symbols & flag.
Of the 258 onboard, 80 were men of the Canadian Army Medical Corps & a further 14 were nursing sisters. Before the night was over, just 24 men would still be alive!

At 9.30pm & still over 100 miles from Ireland's coast there was a large explosion that killed a number aboard. The explosion was caused by a torpedo fired from the German U-boat, U-86.

Hospital ships could be stopped, boarded & searched for weapons & military equipment. Yet the U-boat's captain Helmut Patzig, chose to attack without warning.
As the survivors scrambled into five lifeboats, Patzig's night of sheer murder did not end there.
Soon after, just one lifeboat would remain with 24 men inside. These would eventually be rescued & reveal what had happened. 

So why did Patzig commit such a murderous act against unarmed men & women?
How did the world react to the news & would their be any justice afterwards?
Well please do consider reading this excellent book.

It's a terrible story that rightly shook & angered the world. 
It would see revenge sought on the battlefields of France & justice in the post-war courts & beyond.

The story of the 'Llandovery Castle' was not known to me, so I am grateful to author Nate Hendley for sending me a copy of his book to review.
He has done a tremendous job of telling not only the story of that night, but the ramifications it had around the world in the following years, right up to the present.

The book is available to buy now & is published by Durndurn Press.
My thanks again to Nate.



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