Leyte Gulf – the RAN in the Biggest Naval Battle of all time

Author

Pettit, Geoff

Subjects

WWII operations

Tags

Leyte, Surigao Strait

RAN Ships

HMAS Warramunga I, HMAS Shropshire

Publication

September 1992 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)

“Helpless”, as the American sailors had dubbed SHROPSHIRE with her high profile and three tall funnels, was from there on, in their parlance, “The Old War Horse”.