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HMAS Perth: Bombardment of Tripoli

Norris, Roy · Feb 4, 2013 ·

Tribals

Saturday [19 April 1941] quiet. Sunday we rendezvoused according to plan. Beautiful weather and they gave the ships company roast turkey and trifle for dinner. During the forenoon a Fulmar ...

Letter: HMS Pickle

Letter Writer · Dec 24, 2012 ·

Trafalgar in a Pickle Some sharp eyed readers have queried the flags worn by HMS Pickle which featured on the cover of the September edition of this magazine. She displays ...

Book Review: Vietnam The Complete Story of the Australian War

Book reviewer · Dec 24, 2012 ·

  Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War. By Bruce Davies with Gary McKay. Published by Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012. Hardback, 690 pages with photographs. rrp $55. ‘You ...

They Also Served – Arthur Irwin Chapman, 11 January 1916 – 21 August 2012

A.N. Other · Dec 24, 2012 ·

By Jo Morrice Commander A.I. Chapman RAN (Rtd) died recently at the age of 96. This is the story of a remarkable and redoubtable man who was affectionately known to ...

Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon’s Centenary

A.N. Other · Dec 24, 2012 ·

By Ron Robb  Most engineering officers serving in the RAN have at some time or other studied in HMS Thunderer, the Royal Naval Engineering College at Plymouth in England. Ex-students ...

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