WE OFTEN HEAR people talk about the ‘good old days’, but how good were they really? Take punishment in the services as just one instance. Here we find that the ...
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The Loss of HMS Dorsetshire
The Royal Yacht Britannia
HMAS Fantome 1901 – 1956
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 ...
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, ...