| ISBN |
9781742757636 (hardback) |
| Author |
Carlton, Michael (author.) |
| Title |
First victory : 1914 : HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider Emden / Mike Carlton. |
| Other title |
First victory 1914 |
| HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider Emden |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2013. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
xviii, [1], 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some in colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-441) |
| Summary |
HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. In the opening months of the First World War, Emden's trail of destruction was tremendous. This one small ship and her skilled and gallant captain wrought havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire, capturing and sinking ships at will. Australia, sending wool, wheat and gold across the Indian Ocean to sustain the Mother Country and despatching tens of thousands of young men to join the fight, had a vital interest in bringing Emden to her end. The battle, when it came, was short and bloody, an emphatic first victory at sea for the newborn Royal Australian Navy. It remains to this day a celebrated epic of naval warfare. |
| Subjects |
Sydney (Cruiser : 1913-1929) |
| Emden (Cruiser) |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, Australian |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Indian Ocean |
| Naval battles -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Australia -- History, Naval |
| Germany -- History, Naval |
| Call number |
940.45994 CAR |
