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Torpedo Boat 191

Pennock, R.J.R. · Jun 27, 1998 ·

The 2nd Class torpedo boat (TB 1 or TB 191) inherited by the Navy in South Australia in 1905, was somewhat of an enigma. The Engineer Corps of the Tasmanian ...

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Obituary: Geoffrey Ingleton 1908-1998

Newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald · Jun 27, 1998 ·

One of Australia’s foremost maritime historians, Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Ingleton RAN (Ret.), who has died aged 89, was also an accomplished marine artist and etcher, and a fine cartographer. Geoffrey ...

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ENTERPRIZE

Brock, David K., Lieut. (E), RAN (Rtd) · Jun 27, 1998 ·

On 30th August 1835, the original schooner Enterprize landed Melbourne’s first European settlers on the north bank of the Yarra River. If you went to school in Victoria, you would ...

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Sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow by U-47

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 9, 1998 ·

Scapa Flow in the Orkney’s was the main Fleet Anchorage in the British Isles for the Royal Navy. During World War I, the German Submarine UB-116 commanded by Oberleutnant Hans ...

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Book Review: H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History

Book reviewer · Mar 24, 1998 ·

Title: H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History Author: Ray Parkin, The Miegunyah Press, 467pp, $150 (2 vol. boxed set). For years I have had three heroes in the ...

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