HMS Firedrake (1912)

HMS Firedrake (1912)

HMS "Firedrake" in fiction

The Man Who Won the War, a 1936 short story by Robert Buckner, featured Roger Bradman as the Commanding Officer of "Firedrake" who, in the early days of World War One, lands on the Belgian coast and devises a plan that succeeds in stopping the German Army from reaching Paris. It was first printed in "Atlantic Monthly" in February 1936, and then reprinted in "Reader's Digest" (April 1936) and "The Best American Short Stories of 1937". [cite web|url=http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/11/escape---the-ma.html|title=Escape and Suspense! website|accessdate=2008-08-26]

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