The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War Patches and Julian Grenfell

and Julian Grenfell

by Thomas Fegan

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It thereby contributes to our understanding of the difficult transitions from war to peace

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The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War Patches and Julian GrenfellDescription by Stuart Heaver Hardcover September 1914. When three Royal Navy armored cruisers were sunk in a single morning in the southern North Sea, causing 1,459 deaths, the British public reacted with shock and dismay. It was only six weeks into the war, and the loss was a huge blow to national morale. The incident also triggered a public relations disaster, a barrage of criticism, and a political crisis for the highly ambitious, 39 year old First