In the late twentieth century the world economy was fuelled by oil, most coming from the Arabian Gulf. Giant seaborne tankers brought their cargoes through the Straits of Hormuz and into the oceanic trade routes. All the Gulf nations had an interest in keeping the oil flowing until Iran attempted to close the Straits in the nineteen-eighties.
Iran laid mines and used frigates and armed speedboats to intercept the defenceless merchant ships. However, their most dangerous weapon was the Silkworm anti-ship missile, which they deployed to launch sites along their shore. Western nations responded by sending naval task groups to clear the mines and to escort the tankers through the Straits and out of the Gulf. A whole generation of Royal Navy sailors knew this as the Armilla Patrol.
This is the story of the fictional destroyer HMS Winchester during four intense days of escort duty in the Silkworm Envelope.
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Chris Durbin is the author of the Carlisle and Holbrooke naval adventures, set in the Seven Years War during the eighteenth century. He knows the Arabian Gulf well having served in destroyers on the Armilla Patrol.
Genre: Thriller
Iran laid mines and used frigates and armed speedboats to intercept the defenceless merchant ships. However, their most dangerous weapon was the Silkworm anti-ship missile, which they deployed to launch sites along their shore. Western nations responded by sending naval task groups to clear the mines and to escort the tankers through the Straits and out of the Gulf. A whole generation of Royal Navy sailors knew this as the Armilla Patrol.
This is the story of the fictional destroyer HMS Winchester during four intense days of escort duty in the Silkworm Envelope.
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Chris Durbin is the author of the Carlisle and Holbrooke naval adventures, set in the Seven Years War during the eighteenth century. He knows the Arabian Gulf well having served in destroyers on the Armilla Patrol.
Genre: Thriller
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