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Night in the eastern Mediterranean beside damaged U-559, 30 October 1942; wet welded steel sits low in choppy water, an open dark-painted timber naval boat presses alongside, and the surrounding sea disappears into darkness. Brown’s boots stand on the fixed ladder, and his thighs press against the hatch coaming. Brown’s hands grip the lower edges of both books while the receiving sailor’s hands close around their spines and upper edges. The books bridge the narrow gap between Brown and the receiver at the instant of transfer. The receiving sailor’s boots meet the boat floor and his bent knee contacts the timber thwart. The boat’s rub strake touches U-559’s casing while the sea supports both hulls at their stated waterlines. Waves cross the sinking casing and break against the boat’s touching side. The 1.7 m receiving sailor stands beside the 70 cm hatch and establishes the size of the two 28 cm books and 7 m boat. It is 30 October 1942: Soaked Royal Navy and NAAFI dark wool working clothes, plain trousers and heavy shoes; figures seen mostly from behind.; Welded painted steel, wet bound paper, dark-painted timber, wool cloth, leather footwear and seawater.; Type VIIC diesel-electric submarine, fixed conning-tower ladder, open naval pulling boat and off-frame naval searchlight. U-559’s casing is already awash, with each short wave covering more steel while the buoyant boat rises independently beside it.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "urgent salvage observed at perilously close range.. 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