Sydney, Cipher, and Search: Solving the Last Great Naval Mystery of the Second World War

Captain Peter Hore

ISBN 10: 1591148375 / ISBN 13: 9781591148371

Published by Naval Institute Press November 2009, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sydney, Cipher, and Search: Solving the Last Great Naval Mystery of the Second World War
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press November 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591148375
• ISBN 13: 9781591148371
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - War: World War II

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Synopsis

In November 1941 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with a crew of 645, disappeared off the coast of Western Australia. When German sailors picked up from lifeboats claimed that their ship, the Kormoran--a lightly armed merchant raider--had sunk the pride of the Australian navy theories sprang up to explain the loss. Had a second German warship been involved, or a Japanese submarine, even though Japan was not yet in the war? Based on the German coded accounts and interviews with German survivors, this book pieces together what really happened in the desperate fight between the two ships, whose wrecks were finally located 10,000 feet down on the floor of the Indian Ocean in March 2008.

About the Author

Capt. Peter Hore, RN, now retired, is a former Head of Defence Studies for the Royal Navy. He is the author of numerous books, and is currently the associate editor of Warships: International Fleet Review. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Vice President of the Royal naval Museum. He recently edited Dreadnought to Daring.