About this audiobook

Winston Churchil wrote, "The Naval History of Britain contains no page more wonderful that that which records the prowess of her submarines at the Dardanelles." Based accurately on real events, 'Hellespont' is an eye-opening thriller about submarine operations in support of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign. On account of his penniless, rural background, Ted Crockford suffers every prejudice as he strives to become a naval officer. He and his colleagues in the nascent submarine service are reviled and rebuffed by their parent organisation, with the Royal Navy itself refusing to budge from centuries-old dogma as the threat from Germany intensifies. This new breed of warrior – the submariners in their diminutive and rudimentary submersibles – undertake an unimaginable mission to fight their way deep behind enemy lines and into the Sea of Marmara. But between them and their goal lies that historic and impenetrable barrier – Hellespont – described by Churchill as the “Jaws of Death”.

Audiobook details

GenreAction and Adventure, Historical Fiction

Length9 hrs 40 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 4, 2025

LanguageEnglish

About the author

Byrne Avery

A decorated submarine captain launches his first novel. Most of the author's thirty-six years’ service in the Royal Navy was either aboard submarines or in their direct support. He enjoyed command positions in two diesel-electric patrol boats (SSK), in a nuclear-powered hunter-killer (SSN), and then in two nuclear deterrent boats (SSBN). In the rank of Captain, he oversaw all UK submarine training ashore and afloat. He retired after three appointments as a 1* Commodore in NATO in Belgium, in the UK Ministry of Defence, and in UK Fleet HQ. HIs lived experience informs his writing.View all by Byrne Avery