Bibliograph

Collins of the Sydney, a life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, Royal Australian Navy 1899-1989, by A.K. Macdougall

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Label

Collins of the Sydney, a life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, Royal Australian Navy 1899-1989, by A.K. Macdougall

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Collins of the Sydney

Responsibility statement

by A.K. Macdougall

Sub title

a life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, Royal Australian Navy 1899-1989

Summary

One of the first intake of teenage cadet-midshipmen to enter the new Royal Australian Naval College, in 1913, John Collins was early recognised as a brilliant officer with remarkable gifts. As captain of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean in 1940, Collins and his ship achieved fame, surviving 88 actions without t

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