The author, Tony Sheather (RN), is formerly of the RAN Hydrographic School OFFICIALLY THIS STORY starts in 1907. I think the ‘07’ at the end of the serial number (on
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Royal Australian Naval House has always been known affectionately as ‘Johnnies’, although the origin of the name is hard to trace. Enquiries made amongst men who used the hostel as
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An historical and simplified account of how submarines eventually managed to charge their batteries without surfacing. BY 1915, THE SUBMARINE was demonstrably, and for the first time, a weapon of
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The Navy’s part in Confrontation was twofold: to provide the deterrent backing to the whole operation with the striking power (never used but known to have exerted profound influence) of
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FOR SIXTY YEARS a copy of Captain Theodor Detmers’ Gefechtsbericht or action report of the fight between his ship, the German raider Kormoran, and the Australian cruiser Sydney in November
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