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Carley Life Rafts of WW2

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 2005 ·

The Carley life-float (Admiralty Seamanship Manual 1956 terminology) was the principal method of lifesaving equipment during WW2, fitted to all warships, and not superseded by the present form of inflatable ...

Submarines of the British Pacific Fleet

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 2005 ·

Although largely unseen except on setting out and returning to base at Fremantle WA, British submarines of the BPF mainly T and S classes, achieved a great deal through their ...

British Pacific Fleet 1944-46

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 2005 ·

The sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war against Japan was commemorated on 31 Aug 2005 by a gathering of several hundred British and Australian naval veterans of the ...

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Obituary: Lieutenant W E Allen RAN (Retd) 1899-2005

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 2005 ·

Lieutenant Evan Allen, who died aged 106, was the last veteran to serve in the Royal Australian Navy in both world wars, and the last man to have seen both ...

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Offensive Minelaying – Pacific 1944 (Part 2)

Dowle, Ron · Dec 1, 2005 ·

(Ron Dowle continues this account of his service in the fast minelayer HMS Ariadne in the Pacific war 1944-45 – Part 1 is in September 2005 Edition of Review) In ...

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