Australian hospital ship Centaur : the myth of immunity
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AuthorMilligan, Christopher S Dr; Foley, John C H CaptainDescriptionThe Centaur was a small passenger ship built in the 1920s for the Blue Funnel Line of England. During the Second World War she was converted to a hospital ship in Victoria. On her fourth voyage, from Sydney to Cairns, she was torpedoed and set alight by a Japanese submarine and sank almost instantly, with the loss of most of those on board.ImprintHendra, Queensland : Nairana Publications, 1993Collationxix., 340 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.LanguageEnglishDate Published1993NotesIncludes appendices, chapter notes, bibliography and index.ISBN978-0-646-13715-5 (invalid)Dewey Class940.5451 MILPublication FormatBook
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Milligan, Christopher S Dr; Foley, John C H Captain, Australian hospital ship Centaur : the myth of immunity. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 06/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/22464
