HMAS Armidale: The Ship That Had to Die de Walker, Frank - 1991

Kingfisher Press, 2006. Softcover. Fine. AUST MILITARY ""A wrong decision cost 100 lives, but produced an epic of sea survival and an act of sublime heroism."" #140522/081122/070423 224 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. Armidale (Corvette) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Timor Sea.(Including the original ""The Ship that had to Die"")HMAS Armidale (I) was one of sixty Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War II in Australian shipyards as part of the Commonwealth Government’s wartime shipbuilding programme. Twenty were built on Admiralty order but manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy. Thirty six (including Armidale (I)) were built for the Royal Australian Navy and four for the Royal Indian Navy.These ships established an enviable reputation in the RAN as ‘maids of all work’ but were also renowned for ‘rolling on wet grass’ by those who… Leer más

Budgewoi, N.S.W. : Kingfisher Press, 2005. Softcover. Near Fine. Pt. 1. HMAS Armidale : the ship that had to diept. 2. HMAS Armidale lives againArmidale (Corvette) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Timor Sea.224 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Near Fine