HMAS BARCOO was one of the eight Australian built River Class anti-submarine frigates laid down during the Second World War. All except Barwon and Macquarie saw active service in the ...
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The Chequered Career of HMAS Penguin
STANDING PROUDLY IN THE GROUNDS of HMAS Penguin at Balmoral, Sydney, is the figurehead of the old Wild Swan Class sloop that gave the establishment its name. It is of ...
Minesweeping in the old Protector
Anon This verbatim account of life in the old gunboat HMAS Protector was found in the editorial files of the late Harry Adlam, but unfortunately it lacked the author’s name. ...
HMAS Manoora-Pushing towards the Philippines
The Invincible Invincible
THE SHIP THAT CHANGED NAVAL THINKING visited Sydney in December and despite a refusal on Government level to use the Captain Cook Graving Dock won vast public support. Here is ...