Book Review: The Pirate of Tobruk – Biography of Commander Alfred Palmer RNR

Author

Book reviewer

Subjects

Biographies and personal histories, WWII operations, History - WW2, Book reviews, Naval Engagements, Operations and Capabilities, Biographies

Tags

Tobruk, Merchant ships, HMS Medway

RAN Ships

None noted.

Publication

March 2002 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)

Bruce Bird

(Ed: NHS first-hand sources report that he was known as “Pedlar-Palmer” at Tobruk.)