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BLIND INTO DOOM
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Copyright й 1972 by J.E. Macdonnell Classic edition 1979 Collectors
edition 1986
National Library of Australia Card No. and ISBN 0 7255 1935 5
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FORWARD

In this book the main vehicle is somewhat larger than usual-we
step up from two thousand tons of destroyer to ten thousand tons of
heavy cruiser and so at the start I would like to make an explanatory
point.
It concerns the bridge. In a cruiser this term takes in the forebridge,
the compass platform, and two steps down and behind it the plotting-
office, as well as certain other positions. Since the captain, both in
action and during happier times, alternates fairly frequently between
these positions, I think it would be easier for non-naval readers if I
simply referred to them as the bridge. After all, they are sited adjacent
to each other in the one structure. The siting of more separate
positions, such as the High Angle Control Position and the
Transmitting Station, will be described as the story shifts to them.
And as the story mentions of necessity certain well-known officers
of high rank in high positions, these have been given their correct
names; I believe it to be needless specious to place "Admiral Smith"
as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet instead of the actual
incumbent, Admiral Sir John Tovey. However, this book is a work