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Hands to boarding stations : Australian minesweeper HMAS Hawk : operations in the Indonesian confrontation, 1965-1966 / John Foster.
- Title
- Hands to boarding stations : Australian minesweeper HMAS Hawk : operations in the Indonesian confrontation, 1965-1966 / John Foster.
- Author
- Foster, John.
- Publication
- Loftus : Australian Military History Publications, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | V856.5.A8 F67 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 125 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- As President Sukarno of Indonesia began his confrontation with the new Malaysia, Britain and Australia armed forces were rushed to the area to counter raiding parties. The RAN provided ships, one of them being the Minesweeper Hawk and this book written by her Captain is about her tour of duty around the mine-strewn reefs of north Borneo.
- Subject
- Australia > Foreign relations > Indonesia
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy > Operations other than war
- Hawk (Ship)
- Indonesia > Foreign relations > Australia
- Indonesia > Foreign relations > Malaysia
- Malaysia > Foreign relations > Indonesia
- Military assistance, Australian > Malaysia
- Minesweepers > Australia > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 122) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1876439211
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library