English

The Cruel Sea

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
1999, United States Naval Inst.
ISBN 1580800467
Y
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. First published 1951. A movie of the same name was based on this book.


Translations of this title include:

Spanish

Mar cruel

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
2000, Ediciones Península SA, Barcelona
ISBN 8483072556
Hardcover, 452 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. First published 1952. A movie of the same name was based on this book.
 
French

La mer cruelle

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1999, Phébus (Phebus)
ISBN 285940578X
499 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 
Hungarian

A kegyetlen Tenger

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1992, Hatter kiado
ISBN 9637455418
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 
Dutch

De wrede zee

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1976, Elsevier, Amsterdam
ISBN 9010017036
Paperback, 430 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. First published 1951. A movie of the same name was based on this book.
 
Japanese

Hijo no umi

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1975, Fuji Shuppansha, Tokyo
433 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 
Polish

Okrutne morze

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The Cruel Sea)
1972, Wydawnictwo MON
670 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 
Czech

Kruté more

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1968, Svaz protifasistichych bojovniku, Praha
447 pages
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 
Finnish

Julma meri

by Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea)
1963, Otava Oy, Helsinki
Paperback, 503 pages, 5th edition
The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the frigate H.M.S. Saltash. The story follows the men of both ships from 1939 to the end of the war. A movie was based on this book.
 

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