XE 4 (Exciter)
| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | Scrapped Australia 1945/46 |
Looking down on XE4 from HMAS Shropshire
Unofficially named Exciter
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A flotilla of mini-submarines set off to sink or cripple the mighty German battleship Tirpitz. Among the men behind this attack was Max Shean from Perth, a volunteer for one of World War II's most daring and hazardous naval missions. Shean's courage in command of the X-craft submarines in Europe and the Pacific earned him an unrivalled reputation as a leader whose aggressive instincts were always tempered by concern for his crew. He died on June 15, 2009, aged 90.
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