Autor/-in: John Rodgaard

Captain John A. Rodgaard (Rtd) took on the writing and the completion of this book after the death in 2007 of the original author John Moore. Before turning to research and writing, he served for 41 years with the U. S. Navy, including 29 years as an intelligence officer. He co-authored A Call to the Se. a, the biography of Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution. , and is now co-editor of the Trafalgar Chronicle. , the yearbook of the 1805 Club, of which he is the chairman. Robert Moore spent many years in charge of the Sea Cadet Unit TS Venemous,. and there acquired his interest in the V & W destroyer. His interviews with the surviving officers and crew formed the basis of the first edition of this book. He died in 2007.