HMAS Castlemaine: The Corvette That Came Home

"This delightful book deals with the birth, service, near death and resurrection of the ship in all its gritty detail."

Fifty-six Australian corvettes went to war in the 1940s. Thirty years later most had been scrapped, and the hulk that was once minesweeper HMAS Castlemaine was also headed for the breaker's yard. Then in 1973 the Maritime Trust of Australia came to the rescue and its volunteers took Castlemaine home to her birthplace of Williamstown, Victoria.

Since then, volunteers have re...