Early in 1914 1 did an extended period of training in HMAS Pioneer, as a Midshipman RANR. One Saturday in April, 1914, when Pioneer was in Corio Bay to give weekend ...
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Royal Italian Navy Pictorial
In days gone by the Royal Italian Navy was quite a large force, many novel types of ships appeared in its navy list. The following photographs, all from the Peter ...
Cradle of the RAN – Revisited
In our last Review we published a short history of HMAS Cerberus at Crib Point. The title, or rather sub-title, drew a sharp comment from Commander R.S. Veale, RANR Rtd. Commander Veale points out ...
HMS Puriri 1938, NZ Navy
BEFORE WORLD WAR II the Anchor Line twin-screw vessel Puriri, of 927 gross tons, built by Henry Robb Ltd. of Leith and launched on 25th October 1938, was considered as ...
HMNZS Philomel
The cradle of the Royal New Zealand Navy HMNZS PHILOMEL is the name of the naval establishment at Devonport, Auckland, in New Zealand. This story is not about the naval ...