How Long to Read Torpedo

How Long Does it Take to Read Torpedo?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 5 minutes to read Torpedo by Jack Humphreys

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

At thirteen minutes past midnight, on Friday 13th February 1945, Royal Navy corvette HMS Denbigh Castle was hit by a torpedo fired from German submarine U-992 which was operating from the 13th Flotilla at Trondheim. Thirteen of the 99 man crew were reportedly killed. Author Jack Humphreys (pseudonym) tells the story of Arctic Convoy JW-64, on which his father Eric sailed during WW2, that was torpedoed while protecting the final merchantman as it entered safely into Russia's Kola Inlet. Eric provides detailed commentary on his wartime naval life having volunteered as a seventeen year old in 1943. His story includes his time aboard the navy corvette from commissioning in Aberdeen, where it was built, up to the torpedo blast at thirteen minutes past midnight, on Friday 13th, within minutes of Eric returning to the Mess from port watch. The blast was only 12 to 18 inches beyond the protective bulkhead. Eric had volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy against the wishes and advice of his father Charlie who had survived Passchendaele during WW1 with the Cameron Highlanders. He spent his first year "shipping around coastal bases guarding this and that" until August 1944 when he was posted aboard the new corvette. After three months preparation, the Denbigh Castle entered Scapa Flow where it was provisioned, and warm weather kit loaded, such that the crew expected to travel eastwards to join the fight against the Japanese but, as Eric says, "Instead of turning right out of Scapa we turned left towards the Arctic." Little did they know they were about to take what Churchill would call "The worst journey in the world" For the Denbigh Castle, and part of her crew, it would be its first and final such journey.

How long is Torpedo?

Torpedo by Jack Humphreys is 64 pages long, and a total of 16,256 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 20% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Torpedo Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 28 minutes to read Torpedo aloud.

What Reading Level is Torpedo?

Torpedo is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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