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The Loss of HMS Ambuscade

A.N. Other · Mar 10, 2004 ·

The Loss of HMS Ambuscade – 14 December 1798 (Napoleonic War) Author unknown: found in our archives This account of a small single-ship action dispels the general idea of an ...

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Melbourne Cup

Jarrett, Hugh · Dec 17, 2003 ·

ONE CANNOT HELP remembering that in days long past our Fleet always managed to be in Melbourne for the Cup and our ships and men were definitely a part of ...

A Sword-ID Tale

Sheather, Tony, RN · Dec 17, 2003 ·

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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History of ‘Johnnies’ – Royal Naval House 1876 – 1980s

Francis, Richard · Dec 17, 2003 ·

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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Stand-by to Snort, Standing Charge Starboard!

Duchesne, Tim · Dec 17, 2003 ·

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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