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Meet Mike Carlton OAM – The Scrap Iron Flotilla
30 August 2022 @ 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Hear Mike Carlton, OAM, discuss his latest novel The Scrap Iron Flotilla. Mike has an illustrious, award-winning career in TV and radio, and this is his sixth book.
When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. HMAS Vendetta, Vampire, Voyager, Stuart and Waterhen were old ships, with small worn-out engines. Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels called them a load of scrap iron. However, by 1940, the destroyers were valiantly escorting troop and supply convoys, successfully hunting submarines and indefatigably bombarding enemy coasts. In late 1941 the ships staggered back to Australia, proud to be dubbed The Scrap Iron Flotilla in defiance of Goebbels’ sneer.
This event has been rescheduled from 10 August to 30 August.
Books will be available from Burns Bay Bookery.
Free event. Bookings essential.
