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The Coxswain
In every battle Wind Rode had come out on top.
Weapons, whether aircraft cannon or submarine torpedo or
destroyer guns, were aimed and fired by men. The destroyer's
men had proved superior in the handling of theirs.
Now the train of successes had been broken. They had six big
guns and a multiplicity of smaller weapons: they should have
got those Jap aircraft. As it was, only a lucky shot from the
Oerlikon saved them from disaster.
It was not seamanship or training: simply a problem of morale.



James Edmond Macdonnell is one of the most
prolific writers in Australia today, His books
have been translated into many languages,
selling in the millions throughout the world. And
he is still writing...
He served in the Navy before, during and after
the War, climbing up through the hawsepipe
from ordinary seaman to officer in the gunnery
branch. This experience of both lowerdeck and
wardroom provided invaluable insight into his
fictional characters.
He lives with his wife, two daughters and a son
in the shorebound Sydney suburb of St. Ives, ISBN 0 7255 1078 1
but his main interest, apart from sports cars, lies
in swapping stories, of varying degrees of
truthfulness, with old shipmates


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Index
Chapter One ............................................................................................ 6



Chapter Two ..........................................................................................20



Chapter Three .......................................................................................35