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HMAS Mermaid commissioned 4 Dec 1989

A.N. Other · Mar 25, 1990 ·

MERMAID, commissioned on December 4 , 1989 – Lieut. Cdr. Spencer,R AN – is the second ship in Her Majesty’s Service to bear the name and to work in Australian waters. The first ...

Seal and Porpoise – Minesweepers sold at auction

A.N. Other · Mar 25, 1990 ·

Finding a new home for two Royal Australian Navy minesweepers caused a few waves at a Sydney auction recently. More than 320 tonnes of steel and maple went under the ...

Trafalgar Day – name the day

Hinchliffe, L.M. · Mar 25, 1990 ·

The Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. and Duke of Bronte Vice Admiral of the White Squadron and The Battle of Trafalgar, 2nd October, 1805 I first studied the ...

Dry Land Sailors – The Navy at Gallipoli

A.N. Other · Mar 24, 1990 ·

At 4.30 on the morning of December 20 1915, Sub Lieutenant Charles Hicks and his fifty man detachment of the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, stood waiting in the dark ...

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I’ve Been To Bali Too

Colthorpe, P.D., Lieutenant, RAN · Mar 19, 1990 ·

In my case I went before it was fashionable and the hospitality was less than the travel agents would have you believe. Not that the natives could be held to ...

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