Piccadilly

Against the blazing backdrop of the Mediterranean war, an aging Australian destroyer named Pelican becomes the last ship anyone expects to survive-let alone fight. Rust-streaked, outgunned, and mocked by the sleek warships around her, she is commanded by the fiercely independent Lieutenant-Commander John "Dutchy" Holland, a passed-over officer whose career is as battered as the ship he loves. When the order comes to "Abandon and Destroy, " Holland refuses to surrender either his ship or his pride.
Instead, Pelican and her rough-edged crew of pirates, misfits, and hardened sailors plunge into a merciless naval campaign against Nazi U-boats and relentless Luftwaffe attacks. Beneath the blazing skies of Malta, where every convoy run could become a floating graveyard, the crew must fight not only the enemy-but exhaustion, fear, and the knowledge that they are expendable. A gripping World War II naval adventure of courage, sacrifice, and defiance against overwhelming odds.