The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: How Australia's Greatest Maritime Mystery Was Solved by David L Mearns
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The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: How Australia's Greatest Maritime Mystery Was Solved by David L Mearns

TBM9781460756379
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ISBN: 9781460756379
Author: David L Mearns
Edition: 1st edition 2nd printing
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2018
Format: Paperback
Pages: 375 pages
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Period: 20th and 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no stickers or stamps. Piece of sticky tape on inside page. Minor wear to book corners. Book is clean and binding is excellent.

This is the gripping account of how Australia's greatest warship was lost and found.
For sixty-six years it was Australia's greatest maritime mystery: what happened to the 'pride of the fleet' HMAS Sydney - was she beaten in a fair fight with the German cruiser Kormoran, or was there treachery involved? Could the Kormoran survivors' account of the battle and its aftermath be believed? Why were there no Sydney survivors? And where was the wreck?
One of the world's foremost shipwreck hunters, David L. Mearns first heard the story of the Sydney in 1996. It left an indelible impression on him. Hunting the Sydney ten years later tested all his skills as a detective, engineer, marine scientist and navigator. But find it he did, and with that momentous discovery came answers to the mystery; closure to relatives still grieving the 645 men dead; accountability to the RAN, which had all but given up hope of ever finding its most iconic ship; and a sad but gripping explanation of the staggering naval disaster, allowing Australians to finally make sense of the conflicting, conspiratorial and painful event.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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