At the “keel laying” ceremony of H.M.A.S. “Norman”, the third minehunter of the HUON Class, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Rod Taylor AO, pressed a button thus giving ...
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The Naming of USS Canberra (Follow-up Article)
Naval Medicine in Australia – Some Origins in Northern Waters
A Naval Airman’s Christmas Carol
Or “Who me, Joss?” (Courtesy – HMAS Albatross) Jossman Wencelas looked out On the Feast of Stephen, When the R.P.O.s stood round about, Blancoed, crisp and even. Loudly swore the ...
Holbrook – Submarine Town, Australia
In December 1914, Lieutenant Douglas Norman Holbrook, RN, captain of a small old submarine, B11, penetrated the narrows in the Dardanelles and sank the Turkish cruiser, MESUDIYEH. This earned him ...