In all respects ready : Australia's navy in World War One / David Stevens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, David, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia. Royal Australian Navy--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Australia.

Australia. Royal Australian Navy.

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, Australian.

World War, 1914-1918.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 469 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Australia's navy in World War One

Place of Publication:

South Melbourne, Victoria : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Written by Australia's foremost naval historian, In All Respects Ready presents the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the Australian Navy's involvement in World War One yet published. When the newly built Australian fleet sailed into Sydney for the first time in October 1913, it was portrayed as a sign of peace that came from being prepared for war. Within a year that war had broken out and the Royal Australian Navy, fully trained and ready, was the most professional and effective force Australia had to offer the British Empire. Throughout the next four years of conflict Australian ships and sailors would operate across the seas and oceans of the world, establishing a tradition of intrepid courage and dogged endurance while forging their own unique naval and national identity. Impeccably researched, and drawing on a wealth of previously untapped official reports, intelligence summaries and private diaries, this book offers far more than a chronicle of historical fact. Crafting the definitive work on this largely ignored chapter of Australian history, the author presents an engaging narrative of the war at sea that brings to life both the human element and a richly depicted sense of place. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Planning for a Pacific War, 1909-14 5

Vice Admiral Sir William Creswell

2 The Australian Station, 1914 20

Honorary Paymaster Commander George Macandie

3 The South Pacific, 1914 36

Admiral Sir George Patey

4 German New Guinea, 1914 53

Commander Lionel Robinson

5 The Indian Ocean, 1914 68

Vice Admiral John Glossop

6 The Pacific Ocean, 1914 83

Principal Naval Instructor Dr Frederick Wheatley

7 East Africa, 1915-16 97

Commander Thomas Biddlecombe

8 The Eastern Mediterranean, 1915 112

Able Seaman Reuben Mitchell

9 Half Sailor, Half Soldier, 1915-18 128

Rear Admiral Sir Leigh ton Bracegirdle

10 The North Sea, 1915 142

Admiral Sir William Pakenham

11 The North Atlantic and West Indies, 1915-16 157

Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt

12 The China Station, 1915 174

Commander John Jackson

13 The China Station, 1916 190

Captain Walter Thring

14 The North Sea, 1916 205

Lieutenant Commander Donald McKenzie

15 The North Sea, 1916-17 221

Commander Frederick Darley

16 The North Sea, 1917 236

Rear Admiral John Dumaresq

17 The Naval Air War, 1914-18 252

Air Vice Marshal James Goble

18 The Indo-Pacific, 1916-17 267

Rear Admiral Claude Cumberlege

19 The Indo-Pacific, 1917-18 283

Commissioned Boatswain Monty Murton

20 The Mediterranean, 1917 301

Rear Admiral Sir Francis Haworth-Booth

21 The Mediterranean, 1918 316

Commander William Warren

22 The North Sea, 1918 332

Honorary Lieutenant Commander Sir John Latham

23 The Armistice, 1918 347

Able Seaman John Minogue

24 Business as Usual 363

Admiral Sir Francis Hyde.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-447) and index.

ISBN:

9780195578584

0195578589

OCLC:

883845765