This is the history of H.M.A.S. Maryborough, an Australian-built and manned corvette of WW2. It tells of her adventures and survival against overwhelming odds from Maryborough in Queensland to Hobart, Sydney, Singapore, India, Persia, Sicily, Gibraltar, the Atlantic, South Africa, China, and back to Maryborough. Ogle, who spent over three years aboard the ship, is a student of human nature and as such his tale is not only of ships and tempests, bombs and bombardments, but also of the men who lived aboard and of their oft times outrageous but harmless exploits ashore...