An Australian
WWII Motion Picture
The year is
1942, the month is November, it is 0430 hours.
The crew of
an Australian Navy Corvette, HMAS Shear, have just been stood down from
battle stations when, over the horizon, a huge explosion lights up the
early morning sky.
From the out
of the rising sun a formation Japanese fighters jump the unsuspecting ship.
Taken completely
by surprise the casualties are high. The dead include the Captain,
the deck Officers and most of the ratings.
As the remnants
of the young crew struggle to regroup, the ship, with badly severed fuel
lines, is drifting.
Inside the
engine room …
Based
around actual events.
