soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Phil McGregor" wrote in message
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> The tradition of the Royal Navy, of which the RAN was heir, for the
> previous two centuries or more had been that, as a vessel commander,
> you could not go far wrong if you took your ship in harms way.

So blame it on the British now eh? lol.

The Sydney carried a scouting aircraft which they could have used to check
out the merchant vessel. Pity it wasn't used.