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Ville de Bordeaux – Incident At Port Adelaide – 1841

Sullivan, John · Jul 12, 1992 ·

This story came about because of a reference in ‘The Three Headed Dog’ (the Victorian Chapter’s newsletter) to the ‘siege’ which began on 9th March 1842. The editor of T.H.D. ...

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USS Mount Hood – Catastrophe 1944

Rothery, Sortees M, Captain, RANR(S) (Ret) · Jul 12, 1992 ·

I was Lieutenant RANR(S) in HMAS Hobart, when seriously injured, saved by being wrapped in the fold of the steel deck in the Wardroom when torpedoed on 20th July 1943. ...

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MS Ramses – 1942 – Blockade Runner

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jul 12, 1992 ·

After being sunk whilst serving in HMAS CANBERRA on the night of 9th August, 1942, I took several weeks to return to Australia. Two weeks survivors’ leave followed, then, I ...

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HMAS Sydney – Memorial

Zammitt, Alan · Jul 12, 1992 ·

As part of the fiftieth anniversary of the loss of the cruiser HMAS SYDNEY with her entire complement of 645 sailors, a beautiful granite memorial with four bronze plaques featuring ...

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Letters: U Boats in the Atlantic

Letter Writer · Jul 12, 1992 ·

I enjoyed Sub Lieutenant A J Staal’s essay printed in your December 1991 issue of The Naval Historical Review. However, I would take issue with his statement “they continued their ...

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