Chapter 19The English Channel, 1945, and the Mary Deal
“Everything alright, Number One?” Lieutenant Commander Giles Clarkson asked his first officer, Peter Hicks, as he stepped over the coaming on the bridge of H.M.S. Norwich. Clarkson had managed a couple of hours sleep as the Norwich completed her latest sweep around the Eastern approaches to the Channel with Hicks in charge on the bridge as officer of the watch.
“All quiet, sir,” Hicks confirmed. “Radar reports no contacts and we've maintained constant Asdic scans as ordered. Not that I can envisage any U-Boats trying to make it through the Channel when they can take the easy route around Scotland and into the Atlantic that way. Lieutenant Bailey has plotted the course for a zig-zag run from east to west as ordered as soon as you give
