Diamantina is Australia’s largest World War II survivor and the last of over 200 River class and variant frigates the Allies built during that conflict. (Faint remnants of inscription on prelim, otherwise Fine.) “A lovely detailed book. The story of the HMAS Diamantina is comprehensively written. There are many details of life on board the ship and how she was managed. Sometimes sections feel a bit dry to me but these are the sections on navy management etc. The sections that interest me which include description of ship design, building, service history and the working conditions of the crew are written nicely.” “Excellent story of a workhorse vessel, launched in the dying days of WWII, her brief wartime career, then more than 4 decades as a patrol vessel and then scientific research ship, now resting in drydock as a museum exhibit and the only surviving vessel of her class out of literally hundreds built. The detail gets a bit dry at times, but there there is always plenty of interest in the lives and work of her crew. Recommended for naval buffs.” #0421 160 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Diamantina (Ship) — History.  |  World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Australian.  |  World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Papua New Guinea — Bougainville Island.  |  Research vessels — Australia — History.