Bidspirit auction | Ludovic Kennedy signed HMS Rawalpindi

Ludovic Kennedy signed HMS Rawalpindi Navy cover RNCC5, No.46. Ludovic Kennedy followed his father into the Royal Navy; he served as an officer on destroyers, mostly in the same northern seas. His ship, HMS Tartar, was one of those that pursued the battleship Bismarck following the Battle of the Denmark Strait. He witnessed the final battle, until Bismarck was ablaze and its crew began to abandon ship, but shortage of fuel forced Tartar to depart for home before Bismarck sank. Kennedy later wrote about this in his 1974 book Pursuit, his chronicle of the chase and sinking of Bismarck. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.