EPILOGUE

This is a the story of HMAS Shropshire and to all the contributors, you have helped to relive the history of Australia's greatest heavy cruiser during the final three years of World War II.

HMAS Shropshire survived numerous air attacks, mostly kamikaze attacks, shelling from several shore batteries and the Big One, the Naval Battle in Surigao Straits where we fired thirty-two eight inch broadsides gaining sixteen hits resulting in the sinking of the IJN battleship Yamashiro.

All the above and much more occurred during our four 'Battle Tours' in the South West Pacific, attached to the US 7th Fleet to finally join with the US 3rd Fleet to witness the Signing of the Peace aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Shropshire's final 'Tour of Duty', particularly the victory parade in London, slowly brought her role to an end as a fighting ship in 1947.