''The Cruiser'' is a novel of war at sea by

Warren Tute Warren Tute (1914-1989) was an English sailor, author and television executive. He was born in 1914 in West Hartlepool, County Durham in the north of England and joined the Royal Navy in 1932, at one time serving on . During the Second World War ...

. It follows the story of HMS ''Antigone'', a fictional British of the Second World War named after the mythical Greek character Antigone. The novel paints a realistic picture of life on a cruiser in the late 1930s and early war years: the principal character is the ship herself, with many members of her crew (from the captain to the "three fat men of the sea") as supporting actors. The author had served on , a real ''Leander''-class cruiser, during the 1930s. Published in 1955, ''The Cruiser'' ran to three editions in a matter of weeks. HMS ''Antigone'' is not to be confused with HMS ''Antigone'' of the

Nathaniel Drinkwater Nathaniel Drinkwater is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of novels by Richard Woodman. In the series, he is an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of ma ...

series by Richard Woodman.

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Ottawa Citizen review

Historic Naval Fiction
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