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| 3262 | WINTER, B. HMAS Sydney: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud. 282p. Brisbane: Boolarong,1984. ISBN: 0908175728
Yet another attempt to set the record straight. Good research in the relatively recently opened archives tends to support the official view of the tragic sinking. |
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| 3263 | CASSELLS, Vic. The Destroyers: Their Battles and Their Badges (Australia's Naval Heritage Series). xv, 250p., bibliog., illus., index. East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 2000. ISBN: 0731808932.
Provides detailed information on the origin of the ship names, comprehensive histories and technical data. Service history and battles of the ships. Full lists of commanding officers, recently updated casualty lists and battle honours. |
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| 3264 | CLEARY, Bryan. Loss of HMAS Voyager, Timor 1942 (Monograph 125). 13p., illus. Garden Island: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1992.
The Captain of Voyager was blamed for her grounding and subsequent loss, but this review of the circumstances exonerates him. |
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| 3265 | CLIFFORD, L. E. The Leader of the Crocks. 221p., illus. Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire Ltd., 1945.
The story of the author's service and of the ship from 1939 until July 1941. Stuart was flotilla leader of the Australian V&W Class destroyers which served in the Mediterranean in that period. Much has been omitted "for security reasons." |
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| 3266 | DYMOND, Ralph. The History of HMAS Voyager I. iv, 196p., bibliog., illus. Lucaston: Southern Holdings, 1992. ISBN: 0949089214.
The son of a crew member produces what is effectively a logbook of her wartime career. |
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| 3267 | FAZIO, Vince. The River Class Frigates of the Royal Australian Navy. 333p., illus. Rooty Hill, N.S.W.: Slipway Publications, 2003.
The story of the 12 River and Modified River class frigates built for the RAN between 1st July 1942 and 1st May 1946. Gives a broad overview of the service of these ships and outlines the ships' stories. |
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| 3268 | FAZIO, Vince. Tribal and Battle Class Destroyers of the R.A.N.: A Story of the Service of HMA Ships Arunta, Warramunga, Bataan, Anzac and Tobruk in Australian Service. [3], iii, 60p., bibliog., illus., index. Garden Island: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1999.
A heavily illustrated set of ships biographies. |
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| 3269 | LIND, L. J., & PAYNE, M. A. N Class: The Story of HMA Ships Napier, Nizam, Nestor, Norman and Nepal. 157p., illus. Garden Island: Naval History Society of Australia, 1972.
The first full account of these busy destroyers lent to the RAN. A second edition was published in 1974. |
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| 3270 | LIND, L. J., & PAYNE, M. A. Scrap Iron Destroyers: The Story of HMA Ships Stuart, Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager, Waterhen. 200p., illus. Garden Island: Naval History Society of Australia, 1976. ISBN: 0909153043.
The story of the Australian V & W's, which won undying fame as the "Wobbly 10th" DF in the Mediterranean in 1940–41. The full wartime career of each ship is described in detail. |
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| 3271 | MACDONNELL, James E. Fleet Destroyer. 102p., illus. Melbourne: Book Depot, 1945.
Experiences of an Australian petty officer on an N Class destroyer in the Indian Ocean and Pacific. From these experiences the author presents a composite picture of characters and incidents. |
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| 3272 | McAUSLAN, Robert. H.M.A.S. Barcoo: The Story of a Ship and Her Ship's Company. xii, 104p., illus. McMahons Point, NSW: IFIX Print, 1995. ISBN: 0646254685
The career of the Australian frigate. Completed early in 1944, she was active off the coast of New Guinea, at Tarakan, and supported the AIF landings on Borneo in 1945. |
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| 3273 | MARSHALL, Sydney O. HMAS Warrego: a History. 56p., illus. Otford, N.S.W.: P. Marshall, [1984]. ISBN: 0959077804.
A history of this sloop-frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. This ship took part in landings on hostile shores and gained many battle honours, including Sunda Straits, New Guinea, Halmaheras, Philippines and Borneo. |
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| 3274 | MOYES, John. Scrap Iron Flotilla. 218p., illus. Sydney: Bookstall, 1943.
The story of the Australian V&Ws at war in the Mediterranean. |
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| 3275 | NESDALE, Iris. Action Stations! Tribal Destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy. xii, 204p., bibliog., illus., index. Adelaide: HMAS Warramunga Veterans' Association South Australian Branch, 1989. ISBN: 0949552011
A very readable account of their wartime and post-war careers. They served in the Pacific, very often with American forces. |
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| 3276 | NUNAN, Peter. HMAS Diamantina: Australia's Last River Class Frigate, 1945 – 1980. 160p., illus., index. McCrae, Vic.; Slouch Hat, 2005. ISBN: 0957975279.
Diamantina is Australia's largest World War II survivor and the last of over 200 River class and variant frigates the Allies built during that conflict. Built in Queensland, HMAS Diamantina went to war at Bougainville in 1945, and was later to become the venue for the Japanese surrenders at Nauru and Ocean Island. Decommissioned in 1980, she is now a major attraction at Queensland's Maritime Museum on the Brisbane River. |
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| 3277 | PARRY, A. F. HMAS Yarra: The Story of a Gallant Ship. [x], 224p., frontis. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1944.
A complete but censored account of the career of this hard-worked sloop, which served from Tobruk to Singapore before being sunk by the Japanese early in 1942. The author served on her as a Leading Seaman until just two weeks before her sinking. |
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| 3278 | PARRY, A. F. HMAS Yarra 1936–1942: The Story of a Gallant Sloop. [x], 92p., illus. Garden Island: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1980. ISBN: 0909153078. The author has re-presented his earlier work above, now with the benefit of hindsight and the official record and without wartime censorship. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. A new edition with more images was published by the Society in 2020, ISBN: 9780648776. |
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| 3279 | ROSE, Andrew & ROSE, Sandra. Man Overboard - The HMAS Nizam Tragedy. xviii, 214 p., bibliog., illus., index. Augusta, W.A.: Red Rose Books, 2006. ISBN: 0977523802.
Nizam spent the early part of her service in the Atlantic, then went to the Mediterranean, where she was involved in the Crete and Syria-Lebanon Campaigns, the Tobruk Ferry Service, and the Malta Convoys. During 1942, she took part in Operation Vigorous and the Madagascar Campaign. The next year saw her involved in patrols of the Indian and South Atlantic, searching for German vessels, and rescuing the survivors of U-boat attacks. After returning to Australia for a refit at the end of 1944, ten sailors were washed overboard in January 1945, with none seen again. The rest of World War II was spent operating in the Philippines and New Guinea regions. |
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| 3280 | SWINDON, Greg. "Their Finest Hour": The Story of Leading Seaman Ron Taylor and the Loss of HMAS Yarra, 4th March 1942 (Naval Historical Society of Australia. Monograph 52). 17p., illus. Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1996.
The story of Yarra's last battle and a gallant sailor who fought for his ship until the end. |
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| 3281 | WEAVER, Trevor. Q Class Destroyers and Frigates of the Royal Australian Navy: Destroyers 1942–1956, Frigates 1953–1972. 238p., illus., index. Garden Island, Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1994. ISBN: 0958745633.
The Q Class destroyers Quiberon and Quickmatch were commissioned into the RAN, while Quality, Quadrant and Queenborough served with the BPF and transferred to the RAN at war's end. |
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