John Allison's account follows twenty-two years of naval service from 1927 to 1949. His career gives the book a continuous personal perspective across the interwar and wartime navy. His commands included HMS Decoy and later HMAS Warramunga, one of the Royal Australian Navy's Tribal-class destroyers. The memoir connects destroyer command and Commonwealth naval service with the lived history of a famous warship class.
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A destroyer officer's service memoir
Destroyer Man follows John Allison's service from HMS Decoy to command of the Australian Tribal-class ship HMAS Warramunga.