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Book Review: Who’s Who in Naval History: 1550 to Present

Book reviewer · Dec 18, 2004 ·

Who’s Who in Naval History: from 1550 to the Present By Alastair Wilson and Joseph F. Callo Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Oxon, 2004. Reviewed by LCDR Glen Kerr, RAN ...

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Dank, Matthew, MIDN · Dec 10, 2004 ·

The Naval Historical Society Naval History Prize for 2004 was awarded to MIDN Matthew Dank, Jervis Division. RANC students were required to write an essay on the subject of a ...

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Operation Pedestal and the Tanker Ohio

Morton, Ray · Dec 10, 2004 ·

In August 1942 British Merchant Navy veteran Ray Morton was an eyewitness to one of the most celebrated Allied achievements of World War II – Operation Pedestal, or the Convoy ...

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The Sinking of HMS Glorious – Evacuation From Norway 1940

Doyle, Ron, Leading Seaman · Dec 10, 2004 ·

By Leading Seaman Ron Dowle – one of the very few survivors, and the last one living. A member of the Naval Association at Ballina, NSW, he has granted permission ...

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Colonial Coastal Defence Guns from Kings Park, Perth

Jeffrey, Vic · Dec 10, 2004 ·

Two 7″ LARGE RIFLED muzzle-loading coast defence guns are undergoing refurbishment by the Navy at HMAS Stirling, WA. Dating from 1866, they were manufactured by the Royal Ordnance Factory in ...

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