ISBN10: 0340584688, ISBN13: 9780340584682, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney NSW] Hardcover First Edition Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and at spine. Dust jacket has light creasing at top and spine. Minor marks on tail foredge. Interior and binding are excellent. On 19 November 1941, the light cruiser HMASSydney fought a close quarter battle with the German armed raiderKormoran, off Carnarvon on the Western Australian coast.Both ships suffered mortal damage and later sank.More than 300 German sailors were rescued but none of the 645 men abroad the Sydney survived.Tom Frame examines one of the most puzzling naval engagements in modern maritime history.
[Bunbury, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0340584688, ISBN13: 9780340584682, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton] Hardcover First Edition This book looks into why was the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney and her crew of 645 men lost virtually without a trace. This new study discusses recent developments in archival research and scientific analysis and examines the questions and some of the answers generated by this mysterious and controversial naval action.
[Canberra, ACT, Australia] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0340584688, ISBN13: 9780340584682, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (Australia) Pty Limited, Rydalmere NSW] Hardcover First Edition 725 grams.
[Porstoy, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0340584688, ISBN13: 9780340584682, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton] Hardcover No damage to book, DJ has very slight shelfware on the back only. Sydney was the pride of the Royal Australian Navy sighted what they thought was a Dutch merchant ship that was in fact the disguised German auxiliary raider HSK Kormoran. The battle, both lost.
[Jacksonville Beach, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]