IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS of ‘gunboat diplomacy’, the Royal Navy maintained a large number of sloops designed for overseas service, powered by both steam and sail. By the turn ...
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HMAS Una – a Work Horse – 1914
ONE OF THE SPOILS from the capture of the German New Guinea colonies in 1914 was the steam yacht Komet. Built in 1911 as the Government yacht for the colonies, ...
Spakhia
ON A SMALL BAY on the south coast of Crete is a village or township called Spakhia. Landward approaches are steep-to and the harbour has – or had – no ...
No. 191 – the Tasmanian Torpedo Boat
The Battle of Kolombangara
In darkness and quiet of the morning, As the squadron steamed steadily north The admiral signalled a warning, That Jap warships were–sallying forth. We knew not their size nor their ...