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Obituary: Captain Gerald Haynes

Letter Writer · Mar 19, 2000 ·

Captain Gerald Haynes’s wartime career combined skill and daring at sea and in the air. He was officer of the watch in HMS Victorious in the chase that destroyed the German ...

Captain Glossop describes Emden action to Banjo Patterson

Patterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) · Mar 19, 2000 ·

November 1914 – En route for the Great War as a correspondent. We have two battalions of infantry on board. A topsy-turvy force this, for the Brigadier, General MacLaurin, has ...

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Huon Class Minehunters – Progress Report

A.N. Other · Mar 1, 2000 ·

The first of this new class of minehunters, HMAS Huon, was handed over to the RAN on 25 March 1999 after a series of successful sea trials, “the major milestone ...

The Dardanelles Campaign

Jeffrey, Vic · Mar 1, 2000 ·

The Dardanelles campaign could be described as one of the most famous campaigns of the First World War and has ever since been the subject of much discussion and controversy. ...

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The chase and sinking of the ‘Bismarck’

Patterson, W.R, Captain, RN · Mar 1, 2000 ·

The Commander-in-Chief, having received information that the Bismarck had put to sea, made suitable disposition of the forces at his disposal and sailed in HMS King George V, accompanied by ...

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