Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some insect damage to foredges. Tiny tear to right edge front cover. Sunning to first page. Marks on back cover. Binding is still good.
A legend is born. She was the pride of Australia's fleet and the proud successor to a famous naval name. When HMAS Sydney went down the slipway at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 22 September 1934, she joined the elite group of modern Australian warships. In her short but dramatic life, she lived up to this reputation magnificently in war and in peace. Even her mysterious loss with all hands off the Western Australian coast on 19 November 1941 was cloaked in drama. This, then, is the story of the life and death of Australia's most famous cruiser, the Sydney. (Foreword)