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Gregory, Mackenzie J.

Occasional Paper 16: HMAS Australia and Atlantic rescue of Coastal Command Sunderland – 1940

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Oct 1, 2017 ·

October 2017 On Monday 28th October 1940, I was serving as an eighteen year old Midshipman in HMAS “Australia”, an 8 inch gun cruiser. At that time, we had arrived on ...

Letters: Captain Jamie Armstrong-Rescue of airmen in Nth Atlantic

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 4, 2007 ·

Dear Sir Re: Naval Historical Review Volume 28, No. 1 – Naval Wartime Hero by Alan Zammit. With reference to Alan’s article on Jamie Armstrong and the rescue of 9 airmen ...

Two Shipwrecks off Sydney Heads and the Building of Hornby Light

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 30, 2005 ·

In 1857, two clipper ships came to grief on rocks outside Sydney Heads, and as a result of public alarm, a smallish lighthouse – Hornby Light – was erected on ...

The Battle of the Atlantic – Western Approaches Command

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Sep 8, 2001 ·

One of the crucial decisions made during the Battle of the Atlantic was to relocate the Western Approaches Command on the 7th of February, 1941 from Plymouth to Liverpool. Admiral ...

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I-52 – Japan’s Golden Submarine – Sunk in the Atlantic in 1944

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 8, 2001 ·

I-52, the Japanese submarine, was one of three Type C3 submarines that were built over 1943/1944. This class designed as cargo carriers were huge boats, 356.5 feet long, with a ...

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Sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow by U-47

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 9, 1998 ·

Scapa Flow in the Orkney’s was the main Fleet Anchorage in the British Isles for the Royal Navy. During World War I, the German Submarine UB-116 commanded by Oberleutnant Hans ...

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The Epaulettes of the Father of the RAN – Vice Admiral Sir William Creswell KCMG KBE

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 6, 1997 ·

Sir William was born at Gibraltar in 1852. At age 13, he entered the Royal Navy, joining the “Britannia” as a Cadet. As a Midshipman in H.M.S. “Phoebe” he enjoyed ...

The Capture of U-570 and Commissioning as HMS Graph – 1941

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 6, 1997 ·

One of the best kept secrets of the Royal Navy during WW II was the capture of a Type VII C Submarine, U-Boat 570, and her subsequent commissioning with a ...

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Atlantic Rescue of Coastal Command Sunderland -1940

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Mar 6, 1997 ·

On Monday 28th October 1940. I was serving as an eighteen year old Midshipman in HMAS “Australia”, and 8inch gun cruiser. At that time, we had arrived on the Clyde at ...

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HMAS Australia – Atlantic 1940

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Sep 1, 1995 ·

In January 1941, I was serving in the County Class Cruiser “Australia” as a Midshipman, having joined the ship in September 1939 just after the outbreak of war. We had ...

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