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Leadership: Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins

Dennard, Luke, Midshipman, RAN · Dec 4, 2007 ·

This essay will discuss the role of Sir John Collins in reference to his career in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II as captain and commodore in ...

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The China Fleet – Small Ships WW2

Nesdale, Iris · Dec 4, 2007 ·

This article is an extract taken from the book entitled The Royal Australian Navy – Small Ships at War by the late Iris Nesdale. It is published here with the ...

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An RAN Clearance Diver in the Gulf War

Maxwell, Eugene · Dec 4, 2007 ·

Eugene Maxwell served as a Royal Australian Navy clearance diver from 1977 to 1998, reaching the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Within that time he served with the Clearance Diving ...

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Broke of the Shannon – Boston 1813

A.N. Other · Dec 4, 2007 ·

‘And as the war they did provoke, We’ll pay them with our cannon; The first to do it will be BROKE, In the gallant ship the SHANNON’* When the United ...

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HMAS Warrnambool – A Short but Active Life (1941-1947)

Howland, Tony · Sep 12, 2007 ·

This story was compiled by Tony Howland from several websites, including primarily HMA Ship Histories by the Sea Power Centre – Australia, and Shipwrecks by the ABC. HMAS Warrnambool (1) ...

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