In Command at St Nazaire (A Reluctant Hero)

This is the first biography of Captain Robert Ryder V. C. , Royal Navy (1908-1986), one of the greatest naval heroes of the Second World War. Ryder led the audacious raid on St Nazaire in March 1942 which completely destroyed the ports dry dock, depriving the Germans mighty pocket battleships of its use for the remainder of the war.