| Description |
xv, 264 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Straws in the Wind -- History of submarines -- Formation of Australian navy -- Australian attitudes to submarines -- Dacre Stoker -- Stoker's naval history -- Submarine training -- Stoker's crew -- Sailing AE1 and AE2 to Australia -- Sydney -- "Gentlemen, War was Declared on Germany at Midnight--Waiter, a Gin and Bitters, Please!'" -- Australian reaction to AE1 and AE2 -- Outbreak of war -- Hunting von Spee in Pacific -- Loss of AE1 at Rabaul -- Fiji -- Refitting in Sydney -- Bar room pranks -- Into the Vortex -- Stoker lobbies defence minister -- AE2 leaves Australia -- Arrival in Egypt -- Background to Dardanelles campaign -- Turkey's strategic importance -- Churchill's Dardanelles plan -- Initial navy attack -- De Robeck's leadership -- Allied naval retreat -- Turkey's reaction -- 'It's Got To Be Tried and You Shall Do It' -- Keyes' submarine commanders conference -- Dardanelles' natural defences -- Legendary crossings -- Holbrook reaches Chanak and receives VC -- French attempt -- Stoker's plan -- AE2 accident -- Malta, arrival of more submarine captains -- T. S. Brodie's failed attempt -- Stoker's chance -- Preparing to attempt the Narrows -- Failure -- 'Run Amuck!' -- Stoker's new orders -- Second attempt -- Under the mines -- Attacking the Turks in the Narrows -- Reaching Nagara Point -- AE2 hides on the bottom -- Signalling the fleet -- Into the Sea of Marmara -- 'It's Done the Trick!' -- Signalling attempts -- Gallipoli landing -- Mustafa Kemal -- Possible Anzac withdrawal -- Hamilton's conference |
| Summary |
"On 25 April 1915 - the day the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli - Lieutenant Commander Dacre Stoker set out as captain of the Australian submarine AE2 on a mission to breach the treacherous Dardanelles Strait with the intention of disrupting Turkish supply lines to the isolated Gallipoli peninsula. Facing dangerous currents, mines and withering enemy fire, Stoker and his men succeeded where British and French submarines had come to grief." "Stoker's achievement meant much in military terms, and even more emotionally in boosting the morale of embattled Allied troops. But what was proclaimed at the time as 'the finest feat in submarine history' has since sunk into oblivion. Few Australians even know their country had a submarine at Gallipoli, much less that it achieved daring feats, sank an enemy craft, and possibly played a pivotal role in Anzac troops staying on the beachhead for eight months." "Now, finally, Stoker's Submarine tells the story of a remarkable naval hero and the men under his command. And the AE2 itself, still lying intact on the floor of the Sea of Marmara, is celebrated as the most tangible relic of Australia's role at Gallipoli, the crucible of nationhood."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
AE2 (Submarine) |
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Dacre Stoker |
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Gallipoli Campaign |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Royal Australian Navy |
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Submarines |
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Turkey |
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World War 1 |
| Notes |
"Australia's daring raid on the Dardanelles on the day of the Gallipoli landing"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Stoker, H. G. (Henry Gordon), 1885-1966.
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A.E.2 (Submarine)
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Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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A.E.2 (Submarine)
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A.E.2. (Submarine)
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, Australian
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| SUBJECT |
Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052846 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Brenchley, Elizabeth.
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| LC no. |
00002211 |
| ISBN |
073226703X |
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