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The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS
Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008. On 19 November 1941,
the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought
a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran
off Carnarvon on the West Australian coast. Both ships sank - and
not one of the 645 men on board the Sydney survived. Was Sydney's
captain guilty of negligence by allowing his ship to manoeuvre
within range of Kormoran's guns? Did the Germans feign surrender
before firing a torpedo at the Sydney as she prepared to despatch a
boarding party? This updated edition covers the discovery of the
wreck - with the light this sheds on the events of that day in
1941, and the closure it has brought to so many grieving families.
'Tom Frame has produced the most comprehensive and compelling
account of the loss of HMAS Sydney to date. His judgements are fair
and his conclusions reasoned. If you only read one book on this
tragic event in Australian naval history, and want all the facts
and theories presented in a balanced way, Tom Frame's book is for
you.' - Vice Admiral Russ Shalders AO CSC RANR Chief of Navy,
2005-08.
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