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"""I would rate this as being in the same class as The Cruel Sea for a picture of small ship life in World War Two."" --The Naval Review ""A portrayal of life on a wartime destroyer with a depth and insight that is possible unequalled by any previously published work."" -- Warship Annual ""This book is outstanding for its detailed insight into the life on not just a single destroyer but, by extension, life at sea aboard and Royal Navy destroyer."" --The Northern Mariner ""A Hard Fought Ship is a vivid portrait of a fighting vessel and the men who operated her."" -- Warships International Fleet Review ""Highly recommended to both naval historians and the general public."" -- Mariner's Mirror ""It is an exemplary ship biography where a detailed narrative of the destroyer's exploits are brought to life by a wealth of first-hand accounts."" -- Navy News ""This book is a detailed and thrilling account of the life of a typical V&W class destroyer."" -- Sea Breezes"

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Captain John A Rodgaard (Rtd) took on the writing and the completion of this book after the death in 2007 of the original author John Moore. Before turning to research and writing, he served for 41 years with the US Navy, including 29 years as an intelligence officer. He co-authored _A Call to the Sea_, the biography of Captain Charles Stewart of the USS _Constitution_, and is now co-editor of the _Trafalgar Chronicle_, the yearbook of the 1805 Club, of which he is the Chairman.

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