Description
Title: The Mediterranean Diary – The HMAS Perth in the Mediterranean Sea 24th Dec 1940 – 12th Aug 1941
Author: Nelson, James K
Condition: Near Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0958033005
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 103 pages
Comments: The definitive account of the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth during it’s Mediterranean Sea cruise with the British Fleet from December 1940 to August 1941. Now a scarce and highly sought after naval history title.
Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser HMAS Perth.
They were nearly lost in a hurricane in the Atlantic. In the Mediterranean in 1941 they were bombed by the Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Force for months on end until, ultimately, during the disastrous evacuation of the Australian army from Crete, their ship took a direct hit and thirteen men were killed.
