A letter written home by an officer serving with Force K laments that no Italian ships had appeared for a month because they were hiding. Identifying the writer as HMS Nubian's commander makes the complaint less comic and more revealing. Enemy contact was something to seek. The letter gives a personal glimpse of the aggressive surface-warfare culture behind Force K's Mediterranean operations.
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A Force K letter captures destroyer aggression
A wartime letter from HMS Nubian's commander complains that Italian ships had avoided Force K for a month, revealing the formation's aggressive culture.