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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 Governmentâs 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 âmaids of all workâ but were also renowned for ârolling on wet grassâ by those who…
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HMAS Armidale: The ship that had to die Paperback - 1990
by Walker, Frank B
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- Title HMAS Armidale: The ship that had to die
- Author Walker, Frank B
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- Pages 179
- Publisher Kingfisher Press, Budgewoi, NSW
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9780646005416
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HMAS Armidale Lives On : Part I The Ship That Had to Die; Part 2 HMAS Armidale Lives Again
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Australia: Kingfisher Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 135mm x 215mm. Light wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean.179pp.
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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
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