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FAIRMILES – Overview Of Vessels

Price, David, OAM · Dec 11, 1994 ·

The “B” Type Fairmile was a wooden hulled motor launch of approximately 90 tons displacement. It had a length of 112′, a beam of 17’10” and a draught of 3’8″ forward ...

Sparrow Force – Timor 1942-1943 – Under false colours?

A.N. Other · Dec 11, 1994 ·

In February 1942 when the Japanese army invaded Timor a small band of Australians – the `Sparrow Force’ – took to the mountains and began a guerilla war against the ...

Port Adelaide – Memories 1924

Jarrett, Hugh · Dec 11, 1994 ·

In 1925 our family packed and moved to South Australia where my father took up a new appointment as Sub-District Naval Officer, having transferred to the Naval Auxiliary Service, the ...

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HMAS Nizam – Typhoon 1945

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 11, 1994 ·

HMS CALLIOPE, the third ship of that name in the Royal Navy, was a third class cruiser of 2,770 tons, launched in 1884 at Portsmouth. She became famous as the ...

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HMAS Dubbo – Past and Present

Rankin, A.G., Lt Cdr, RAN · Dec 11, 1994 ·

The Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS DUBBO is celebrating her 10th Anniversary of Commissioning during 1994. As part of this special anniversary year, the ship’s company of the Darwin based ...

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