Practical seamanship
and boatbuilding
SYDNEY CIPHER AND SEARCH
Solving the last great naval mystery of the Second World War
Captain Peter Hore
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 an incredible tale of how their ship, a lightly armoured merchant raider, had sunk the pride of the Australian navy. Almost at once conspiracy theories sprang up to explain the tragic loss of the ship and so many lives. Based on the author’s decryption and interpretation of German coded accounts, interviews with survivors from the raider, Kormoran, and other research, this book tells – insofar as it can ever be known – what really happened in the desperate fight to the death between the two ships, whose wrecks were finally located in March 2008.
“An absorbing narrative that will lay to rest much of the controversy. Highly recommended.”
Rear Admiral James Goldrick
216 x 135 mm | 320 pp illus. | ISBN 978 1 906266 08 0| £9.95 pbk
SYDNEY CIPHER AND SEARCH - DVD
The Inside story
Provides a fascinating and exclusive insight into how Peter Hore solved the last great naval mystery of the Secod World War.
" This splendid companion DVD is most strongly recommended,
adding significant value to insights provided in Peter Hore's excellent book".
John Roberts author of 'Safeguarding the Nation'.
Special offer £14.95 with the book - only from Seafarer Books
ISBN 978 1 906266 14 1| £9.95
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