Proclamation of Unconditional Surrender by HIROHITO, EMPEROR of JAPAN (1926-1989) IMPERIAL RESCRIPT TO OUR GOOD AND LOYAL SUBJECTS, After pondering deeply the general conditions of the world and the actual ...
Cedric H Ashton MBE (1910-2001) – Artist, Musician, Sailor
In the company of Cedric Ashton one covers a tranquillity of life – artist, musician, sailor and a man’s man of capital ship dimensions! Cedric spent his teenage years in ...
HMS Hood Memorial
Memorials to the loss of naval ships in UK are seldom seen but there is one of world-wide interest. The old Parish Church of Boldre, the building of which commenced ...
Australia Remembers 1945-1995
Battle of Jutland and Leyte Gulf – A comparison
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HMS Hampshire – Loss Of Lord Kitchener
SS Suevic – an Update
In the REVIEW June 1989, a photo of the above ship appeared as possibly anchored in Sydney Harbour and carrying members of the 12th Regiment Australian Light Horse, 1915. A request ...
Maritime Change: Issues for Asia – Conference Report
Book Review: Mutiny on the Bounty
The Story of Captain William Bligh, seaman, navigator, surveyor and of the BOUNTY mutineers State Library of New South Wales 1991, Five authors, plates in col & b&w, Ind, 104 ...
Book Review: HMAS Shropshire
HMAS Shropshire by Stan Nicholls Published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia Published December 1989. 315 pp. Photos. Profile views. Press cuttings. Maps. Index. Limited edition. Hard cover. To ...
Korean Turtle Ship
The Korean Turtle Ship is considered to be the first ironclad warship in the world, shaped like a turtle, invented and built by Admiral Yi Soon in 1592. From a ...
The capturing of USS Pueblo
In recent issues (1988-89) of the United States Naval Institute journal ‘Naval History’ a fairly detailed coverage has been given to the circumstances surrounding the boarding and subsequent capturing of ...
Cedric Ashton
Chivalry and Courtesy in war and when most unexpected!
In the sea action on 9 November, 1914 off Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, between the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German cruiser SMS Emden, a kindly gesture ...
The First Battle of Savo Island 8/9 August 1942 – A Correction to the History
The WW1 Troopship SS Suevic – A Short History
The above interesting photo of the troopship S.S. SUEVIC, which appears to have been taken in SydneyHarbour, was held by George Hancock, formerly of SydneyHigh School and who was probably ...
Evolution of the Royal Navy – Wood to Iron, Sail to Steam
Evolution of the Capital Ship 1906-1914
DREADNOUGHTS – the name given to battleships and battlecruisers of the navy, were ships to inspire men’s imaginations and by their majestic increase in tonnage and fire power, became the ...