J.E. Macdonnell

The sea is calm. The exercise is routine. But beneath the surface, a deadly game is about to begin. Jim Brady, one time Able Seaman, promoted out of the ranks, had his first command - Captain of the destroyer, Scourge, and in charge of a fleet of destroyers and submarines. It was peace time, so there should have been no danger on what was a routine "seek and destroy" manoevure, but in case of an emergency-Operation Subsmash was ready to be put into action.
Above the surface, the destroyers are waiting. Below it, the submarine is hunting. And when SUBSMASH is sounded round the fleet, there can be only one winner. . Subsmash has bee acclaimed as a great novel containing some of the tensest and most exciting narrative writing J. E. Macdonnell has ever achieved.".a thoroughly satisfactory sailor hero." Daily Express