Derek Law Bibliography

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BURRELL, Henry. Mermaids Do Exist: The Autobiography of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Burrell. x, 318p., bibliog., illus., index. Melbourne: Macmillan, 1986. ISBN: 033341540X.

In 1939–40 he was Australian Director of Operations and Plans. After a short spell in Washington as Naval Attaché, he took command of the new destroyer Norman. She worked up at Scapa, had a brief trip to Russia, then joined the Eastern Fleet at the beginning of 1942. She was at Madagascar, took part in the Vigorous convoy to Malta, then rejoined the Eastern Fleet. In June 1943 he was relieved, had a spell in hospital, then went back to a planning role. Just before the end of the war he took command of the new Tribal Class destroyer Bataan.