INTRODUCTION ‘ Our loss was great.’
CHAPTER ONE Commonwealth of Australia Navy:
‘a nondescript force of inadequately trained
naval volunteers … absolutely ineffective in war.’
CHAPTER TWO ‘Your true-born sailor loves the sea for itself.
He may grumble at its hardships and disabilities …
but is still irresistibly drawn to it.’
CHAPTER THREE ‘It is difficult to understand how the submarine
would play any effective part.’
CHAPTER FOUR ‘Through a long list of mechanical difficulties
and mishaps overcome by hook and crook,
the miles were pushed astern.’
CHAPTER FIVE ‘Little we thought, when laughing and joking
with the crew just before she left, that it was
the last time that we were going to see them.’
CHAPTER SIX ‘Little did we think when we parted with him …
we would never see him home again …
The thought is terrible.’
CHAPTER SEVEN ‘Entombed But Not Forgotten.’