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Gillett, Ross

Occasional Paper 171 : Tasmanian leads the African Naval Expedition 1915-18

Gillett, Ross · Oct 2, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett Some of the most exotic campaigns of the Great War (1914 to 1918) were fought in Africa. All but forgotten today, they are fascinating stories in their ...

Australian Fleet Reviews 1788 to 1914

Gillett, Ross · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett As an island nation, fleet arrivals and naval reviews have formed a major part of Australia’s naval history and tradition. Sydney Harbour and Port Phillip have provided ...

Occasional Paper 162: Port Phillip’s Fleet Review 1920

Gillett, Ross · May 2, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett “In the perfect beauty of the crisp autumn afternoon, the Prince of Wales made his triumphant entry to the homeland of the Anzacs in the Australian destroyer ...

Occasional Paper 146: Early Naval Training

Gillett, Ross · Oct 1, 2022 ·

HMAS Tingira, Physical Training Class, Naval Heritage Collection image #7988

On Wednesday, 1 October 1913 the Sydney Mail newspaper featured the following detailed report on early naval recruiting and training. Just three days later, on 4 October, Sydney Harbour would ...

Pacific Support Vessel Reliant

Gillett, Ross · Sep 1, 2022 ·

By Ross Gillett Dodging showers, on Thursday, 21 July a baker’s dozen of Naval Historical Society members led by our president was invited to inspect the new Pacific Support Vessel ...

Occasional Paper 134: A Long Salty Voyage Home – The Delivery of Victoria’s First Torpedo Boat H.M.V.S. Childers

Gillett, Ross · Apr 1, 2022 ·

By Ross Gillett When the Victorian Government’s first-class torpedo boat HMVS Childers had moved safely out of Portsmouth on 3 February 1884, the 26-year-old commander, Lieutenant Martyn Jerram, went down ...

Occasional Paper 123: Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary Year: 1986

Gillett, Ross · Sep 25, 2021 ·

By Ross Gillett During 1986, more than any other time since the formation of the RAN, the focus of public and media attention was directed at events both naval and ...

The First Hundred Years

Gillett, Ross · Jun 14, 2011 ·

We gratefully acknowledge the following article which is taken from the author’s new book “Australia’s Fighting Ships”, published in April 2011 by Topmill Pty Ltd. On 10 July 2011 the ...

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River Class Frigates in the RAN – a Brief History

Gillett, Ross · Dec 4, 2007 ·

This article first appeared in The Australian Warship Review, Vol. 4/1999. From 1961 to 1998, varying numbers of the long-serving Type 12 (or River class) antisubmarine frigates served in the ...

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Australia’s First Warship – The Torpedo Boat Acheron

Gillett, Ross · Mar 31, 2003 ·

Which was Australia’s first ‘real’ warship is a question often asked by naval historians. Today, what colony you originally came from or where you now reside, could be important elements ...

Book Review: Nelson to Vanguard

Gillett, Ross · Mar 30, 2001 ·

Title: Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 Author: D.K. Brown Publisher: Chatham Publishing Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 is the final volume in a three ...

HMAS Jervis Bay II announced

Gillett, Ross · Mar 19, 2000 ·

On 25 April 1999, the Minister for Defence, John Moore, announced that the Australian Defence Force would be boosted by the lease of a locally built, high speed catamaran to ...

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The Northern Patrol

Gillett, Ross · Dec 28, 1981 ·

A MAJOR PROBLEM faced by Australian missions and pearling interests in the years prior to the outbreak of the Pacific war in December 1941 was the multitude of Japanese fishing ...

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Burra Bra — Ferry and Warship

Gillett, Ross · Mar 23, 1981 ·

A SLEEK PASSENGER FERRY for the Sydney to Manly service was launched at the shipyards of Morts Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd., Woolwich, New South Wales, on 17th June 1908. ...

The Story of HMCS Protector

Gillett, Ross · Dec 31, 1980 ·

One Ship, One Navy – No Collisions The Story of HMCS Protector IN JULY 1882, motions were brought forward in both houses of the South Australian Parliament for a cruiser-type ...

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