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AUTHOR’S NOTES

1

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1

1 - INTRODUCTION

3

2 - LOLITA

12

3 - NAVY NEEDS SHIPS

23

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4 - THE BATTLE OF SYDNEY HARBOUR

29

5 - POST BATTLE OPERATIONS

40

6 - THE LONG VOYAGE TO NEW GUINEA

42

7 - THE EXPLOSION

50

8 - THE AFTERMATH

55

9 - BRADLEYS HEAD

56

10 -     ANDERSON’S APPEAL

58

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11 -     REG’S SUBMARINES

61

12 -     CORRECTING THE RECORDS

68

13 - WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY

78

14 - AWARDS

81

15 - BATTLE HONOURS

86

16 - RECOGNITION

89

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17 - THE HOLLYWOOD FLEET 

92

HMAS Esmeralda (formerly Tanda)       

93

HMAS Kiara (formerly Penelope)       

98

HMAS Leilani (formerly Dawn)

101

HMAS Marlean

105

HMAS Miramar

109

HMAS Nereus       

114

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HMAS Seamist

117

HMAS Silver Cloud

123

HMAS Steady Hour

132

HMAS Toomeree

135

HMAS Winbah       

138

HMAS Yarroma

141

HMAS Yarmoma Postscript

143

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APPENDICIES

A - Comparative Purchasing value

146

B - Naval Auxiliary Patrol (NAP)

147

C - Midget Submarine Nomenclature

149

D - Muirhead-Gould’s Third Report – Appendix VI

151

E - Information Panel at Georges Head

153

F - HMAS Lolita – Commanding Officers

153

G - Channel Patrol Boats

154

H - Survey Report of Lolita

155

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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