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HMAS Sydney – An End to the Controversy

Mearns, David L · Dec 17, 2003 ·

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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The Sovereign’s Colours in the Royal Australian Navy 1925-2003

Davidson, Bill, LCDR, RAN · Dec 7, 2003 ·

‘A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man’s Soul, ‘Tis the deeds that were done ‘neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole ...

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First Excitement in Sarawak 1963

Francis, Richard · Sep 29, 2003 ·

The Inshore Flotilla of the Far East Fleet were the first ships deployed to patrol Borneo’s coastline and rivers at the outbreak of the Indonesian Confrontation in 1963. DURING THE ...

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Shore Patrol in Bermuda – HMS Blake 1971

Francis, Richard · Sep 29, 2003 ·

RETURNING FROM A SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT to the western sea-board of continental USA to support a major British Trade Exhibition in San Francisco, the helicopter cruiser HMS Blake paid a routine ...

Periscope Repair – Defects by Fin, Friend, and Feather

Haynes, Fred · Sep 29, 2003 ·

WHILE I CANNOT LAY CLAIM to being a submariner, I worked in the Periscope Workshop at Garden Island Dockyard (GID) and as such was closely involved with submariners in the ...

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