The Wolf
A classic adventure story of how one ship took on the navies of the world in the First World War
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2014
Summary
How one German raider terrorised the southern seas during the First World War
In the years 1916-1918, the Wolf, an ordinary freighter fitted-out with a hidden arsenal of weapons, was sent by Germany on one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times. Under the command of Kapitan Karl Nerger, the ship undertook a continuous fifteen-month cruise in which she traversed three of the world’s major oceans, destroyed more than thirty Allied vessels and captured over 400 men…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552171038 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552171034 |
| Author: | Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Richard Guilliatt
Richard Guilliatt is a journalist and author. Born in the UK, he was a feature writer at The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, before moving to New York in 1986 to work as a freelance writer. His work has appeared in many leading newspapers and magazines. In 2000, he won Australia’s highest award for magazine feature writing, the Walkley Award.
Peter Hohnen was a partner in a prominent Canberra law firm for 20 years. A commander in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve for two decades, he was posted to Cambridge University in 1999 to study the law of the sea and the laws of armed conflict as a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. His great-uncle, Alexander Ross Ainsworth, was chief engineer aboard the steamship Matunga when it was captured by SMS Wolf in August 1917.
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