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HMS Arawa
- The dramatic war service of an unglamorous Armed Merchant Cruiser
- By: Allan A. Murray
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Australians in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-41. This book is a description of the service in early World War II of the armed merchant cruiser, HMS Arawa, when Allan's great-uncle, Bobby Forbes, was on board. The armed merchant cruisers were an interim measure by the British Admiralty pending the delivery of greater numbers of light cruisers to the British Royal Navy. They were, in effect, sacrificial lambs. As converted ocean liners, they were slow; lacked the armour protection afforded to warships; were hastily fitted with 6-inch un-turreted guns that dated from before World War I; and...
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HMS Arawa
- The dramatic war service of an unglamorous Armed Merchant Cruiser
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-15-25
- Language: English
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