Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps and Photographs ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Prologue: Like Cutting Butter 3
7. Introduction: An Officer and His Diary 9
8. One Does Get Tired of Them, September-December 1943 30
9. Shaking Down, January-March 1944 72
10. Overseas, March-May 1944 108
11. The Great Endeavour, May-July 1944 142
12. Exasperation Inshore, July-October 1944 171
13. Deep Open Waters, October-December 1944 216
14. Wreck to Wreck, Contact to Contact, January-March 1945 257
15. Oasis of Comfort and Happiness, March-May 1945 305
16. Epilogue: Respite 338
17. Career Highlights of Commander A.F.C. Layard, DSO, DSC, RN 340
18. The Ships of EG 9 342
19. U-Boats Destroyed by Ships Attached to EG 9 343
20. Notes 344
21. Selected Bibliography 370
22. Index 373