Author: Bennett, Michael deBensted. Title: Red Sky at Night: The Life of a Professional Seafarer.
Description: Sydney, Turramurra Michael deBensted Bennett, 2001. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, light toning fore-edge, front cover corner tips little scuffed, minor edgewear. 246 pp. A self-published true story of his time as a professional seafarer of 27 years from 1957 to 1985. He served in warships of the Royal Navy as a Royal Naval Reserve officer before joining the Royal Australian Navy in 1969 where he served at sea in an number of warships and as the captain of a patrol boat in the waters of Papua New Guinea. In this fascinating book he has written of his experiences and observations of icebergs and sheet ice, blizzards, thick fog, storms, dust-storms, minefields, war-damaged Europe, the Rock of Gibraltar, Malta, the ruins of Pompeii, the Egyptian pyramids, the 'Land of the Midnight Sun', 'Roaring Forties', Australia, New Zealand, submarines, navigation, engineering, aviation and much more. ISBN: 0646412981
Keywords: australian biography, autobiography, transport, maritime, military, travel, britain, pacific, papua new guinea (png) 0646412981
Price: AUD 22.00 = appr. US$ 15.22 Seller: Bookhome Sydney
- Book number: 27727
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