Flagship : the cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific war on Japan / Mike Carlton.

By: Carlton, Michael [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Sydney, NSW : William Heinemann, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: xiii, 642 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: cartographic image | still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857987778 (2016 hbk) :; 9780857987785 (pbk) :Other title: Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific war on JapanSubject(s): Australia. Royal Australian Navy | Australia II (Boat) | Australia II (Cruiser) | World War (1939-1945) | 1939-1945 | Sailors -- Australia -- Biography | Military campaigns | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean | Australia -- History, Naval -- 1939-1945 | Australia | Pacific Ocean | Australia -- History, Naval | AustralianGenre/Form: Naval history. DDC classification: 940.545994
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Between the Wars -- ch. 1 So I am to be sunk -- ch. 2 The way of the Commonwealth is forward -- ch. 3 The tremendous value of the seas east of Suez -- ch. 4 Blighted by the withering touch of poverty -- ch. 5 Hearts of oak are our ships -- ch. 6 As a result, Australia is also at war -- pt. 2 Going into Battle -- ch. 7 Put your hand into the hand of God -- ch. 8 We sighted smoke and hoisted battle ensigns -- ch. 9 What irresponsible rubbish these Antipodeans talk -- ch. 10 I therefore decided to engage the enemy -- ch. 11 I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America -- ch. 12 To be hanged by the neck till they be dead -- pt. 3 The Tide Starts to Turn -- ch. 13 Proceed at daylight with your group to destroy enemy ships -- ch. 14 Australia cannot escape a blow -- ch. 15 Each beautiful ship flying a tremendous white Australian naval ensign -- ch. 16 For so appears this fleet majestical --
Contents note continued: ch. 17 The unspeakable bloodiness my shocked eyes took in -- ch. 18 You have brought to Australia an accession of naval strength -- pt. 4 End Game -- ch. 19 We're going into Tiger Country -- ch. 20 I have been given a splendid opportunity to die -- ch. 21 All guns opened fire but he still came on -- ch. 22 O Lord, thou knowest how busy we are today -- ch. 23 Their sacrifice was not in vain -- ch. 24 The Royal Australian Navy has done it again.
Summary: This is the story of the last of our ships ever to be called Australia, as the RAN has now retired the name. Based on naval records, diaries and interviews with the handful of remaining survivors, it vividly brings to like our great sea battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, and also other private hopes and fears of Australia's crew, even encompassing a murder aboard ship.
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Originally published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 580-609) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Between the Wars -- ch. 1 So I am to be sunk -- ch. 2 The way of the Commonwealth is forward -- ch. 3 The tremendous value of the seas east of Suez -- ch. 4 Blighted by the withering touch of poverty -- ch. 5 Hearts of oak are our ships -- ch. 6 As a result, Australia is also at war -- pt. 2 Going into Battle -- ch. 7 Put your hand into the hand of God -- ch. 8 We sighted smoke and hoisted battle ensigns -- ch. 9 What irresponsible rubbish these Antipodeans talk -- ch. 10 I therefore decided to engage the enemy -- ch. 11 I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America -- ch. 12 To be hanged by the neck till they be dead -- pt. 3 The Tide Starts to Turn -- ch. 13 Proceed at daylight with your group to destroy enemy ships -- ch. 14 Australia cannot escape a blow -- ch. 15 Each beautiful ship flying a tremendous white Australian naval ensign -- ch. 16 For so appears this fleet majestical --

Contents note continued: ch. 17 The unspeakable bloodiness my shocked eyes took in -- ch. 18 You have brought to Australia an accession of naval strength -- pt. 4 End Game -- ch. 19 We're going into Tiger Country -- ch. 20 I have been given a splendid opportunity to die -- ch. 21 All guns opened fire but he still came on -- ch. 22 O Lord, thou knowest how busy we are today -- ch. 23 Their sacrifice was not in vain -- ch. 24 The Royal Australian Navy has done it again.

This is the story of the last of our ships ever to be called Australia, as the RAN has now retired the name. Based on naval records, diaries and interviews with the handful of remaining survivors, it vividly brings to like our great sea battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, and also other private hopes and fears of Australia's crew, even encompassing a murder aboard ship.

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