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The Capture of U-570 and Commissioning as HMS Graph – 1941

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 6, 1997 ·

One of the best kept secrets of the Royal Navy during WW II was the capture of a Type VII C Submarine, U-Boat 570, and her subsequent commissioning with a ...

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HMS Calliope in the Great Hurricane at Samoa – 1889

Wilson, Graham, Warrant Officer Class Two, Australian Intelligence Corps · Dec 6, 1997 ·

Introduction By mid-afternoon of 15 March, 1889, it was apparent to all aboard the small fleet of British, American and German warships crammed into Apia harbour at Samoa that a ...

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Letters – Quickmatch and Chapel Windows

Letter Writer · Sep 21, 1997 ·

I have received the March 1997 issue of the “Naval Historical Review”, which I am glad to note is up to the usual high standard. I would like to comment on ...

Commander Hugh W S Browning – HMAS Quiberon

Lyons, Rex · Sep 6, 1997 ·

(Extracts from a letter from Alexander (Rex) Lyons – 16.6.97) Dear Captain Cook, At the unveiling of the Destroyers Window, I mentioned that I could give you the address of ...

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The Remarkable Passage of the Wansfell through the Barrier Reef, 1863-1864

Nicholson, Ian · Sep 6, 1997 ·

For well over a century, until 1977, mariners were intrigued by a warning printed on Admiralty chart BA 2763, amid countless reefs of the outer Barrier Reef, reading: Reefs seen ...

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