At the Chapel of Remembrance, Garden Island, Sydney on Sunday, 15th July 1997 a memorial window commemorating the fifteen RAN destroyers which served in World War II was dedicated and ...
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HMS Hood Memorial
Memorials to the loss of naval ships in UK are seldom seen but there is one of world-wide interest. The old Parish Church of Boldre, the building of which commenced ...
S206 – Officer Competancy Reports
The form used for Britain’s Royal Navy and Marines officer competency reports is the S206. The following are apparently true excerpts taken from people’s 206s. In the RAN it was ...
Letters: Ashes of Captain Ian McDonald
This is a letter from Mrs. I.H. McDonald (Widow of the late Captain I.H. McDonald RAN – N.H.S. “Review” March 1997) to the Maritime Commander Australia. Rear Admiral C. A. ...
Rear Admiral Sir Henry Wilfred Eldon Manisty KCB CMG RN
“… a really capable officer,” NHR Vol. 17 No. 3 1996 (September 1996). I have long considered that the contribution made by Staff Paymaster (later Fleet Paymaster) Eldon Manisty RN, ...