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Out of the Past – HMS Cambrian

A.N. Other · Jun 21, 1984 ·

The 2nd class cruiser HMS CAMBRIAN was built at Pembroke Dock, England in 1893. She served on the Australia Station from 1903 and shared her time in Australia and New ...

The Ketty Brovig and Coburg Sinking 1941

Bevan, Captain R.H. , RN · Jun 9, 1984 ·

AT 1636 ON 4 MARCH 1941 an emergency report was received from HMAS Canberra’s aircraft of two unknown ships to the south-west steaming north. HMS Leander’s aircraft was at that ...

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Lessons from the Falkland Islands War

Murguizur, Dr Juan Carlos · Jun 9, 1984 ·

IN HINDSIGHT all naval powers learnt lessons from the Argentine-British conflict in the Falkland Islands in 1982. Dr. Juan Carlos Murguizur had this to say in an article published in ...

HMAS Moresby, Survey Ship

A.N. Other · Mar 23, 1984 ·

HMS SILVIO was one of four World War I Royal Navy Minesweepers converted to Survey Ships in 1922-25. Sister ships were Iroquois, Ormonde and Herald. In 1925 Silvio was lent ...

Man O’War Steps Restored – 1973

A.N. Other · Mar 16, 1984 ·

After over a century of use by members of both the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, the Man O’War Steps at Farm Cove were restored and extended early ...

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