In November 1941 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with a crew of 645, disappeared off the coast of Western Australia. Shipwrecked German sailors told a tale of how their ship, a lightly armoured merchant raider, had sunk the pride of the Australian navy. What really happened in the desperate fight to the death between the two ships?
Sydney Cipher and Search: Solving the Last Great Naval Mystery of the Second World War
- Details
- By: Peter Hore
- Title: Sydney Cipher and Search: Solving the Last Great Naval Mystery of the Second World War
- First Published by: Seafarer Books
- First Published Format: PB
- First Published Date: 15 April 2009
- ISBN-10: 1906266085
- ISBN-13: 9781906266080