Good clear images of the veteran depot ship HMAS Platypus (I)during the Second World War, are a rare commodity. A few years back the editor received a number of ...
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HMS AMBUSCADE GOING HOME
Plans to repatriate the former Royal Navy Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade to the United Kingdom from Pakistan are continuing to move forward. The vessel, which was sold to Pakistan ...
70 YEARS AGO HMAS QUEENBOROUGH’s 1955 TRAINING CRUISE
HMAS Queenborough sailed from Sydney for the United Kingdom on 24 February 1955. Her task, to gain experience in the latest methods of anti-submarine warfare and to evaluate the capabilities ...
ADV Stoker – bow to stern
Fremantle Port has now be staging an annual Maritime Day for many years. Last November the major on-water attraction was the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine rescue gear ship, ADV Stoker. ...
Commemorating HMAS Arrow
In the early hours of Christmas Day in 1974, HMAS Arrow’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Robert Dagworthy, decided to beach his boat in Frances Bay after Cyclone Tracey worsened. Although Arrow ...