Download or read book Collision in the Night - The Sinking of HMS Duchess written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12th December 1939, a collision in the Irish Sea led to the loss of the warship HMS Duchess and most of her crew. Only three months after the outbreak of the Second World War this disaster was immediately overshadowed by other wartime events, leaving this ship's fate lost to history. Now for the first time the life and voyages of this proud ship and the tragedy of her loss are told in full and those forgotten voices are lost no more.