Open AccessKRYGSHELDE / WAR HEROES: LT.KDR. D.A. HALL, DIE GROOTHARTIGE SKIPPER
Author(s) -
W. Kroukamp
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/14-4-504
Subject(s) - battle , adversary , german , ancient history , spanish civil war , history , political science , law , archaeology , computer security , computer science
This article recalls the part lieutenant-commander D.A. "Stoker" Hall, one of the South African naval heroes of World War II, and his last command, the fregate Natal, has played in the Battle of the Atlantic. Natal was one of the two South African warships that sank enemy submarines - and Lt Cmdr Hall was the only South African Naval Commander to destroy a German U-boat