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Destroyer Design – HMS Kelly

Mountbatten, Lord Louis, Earl of Burma · Dec 5, 1979 ·

By the late Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO In a letter to the editor Lord Mountbatten wrote, ‘I ...

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HMS Nelson, Armour Belted Cruiser 1882

Thurston, H. J. · Dec 5, 1979 ·

IF A SINGULAR BRITISH WARSHIP could be called the harbinger of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy, that warship is HMS Nelson. The Colonial Defences Act of 1865 provided ...

HMS/HMVS Nelson – 120 gun Line-of-Battleship 1814

Bastock, John · Dec 5, 1979 ·

THIS THREE-DECKER BATTLESHIP was laid down in December 1809 and launched on 4th July 1814. Nelson was the first three-decker to be launched in England after the victory at Trafalgar ...

Sinking of Sydney by Kormoran – Report by pilot of Kormoran’s aircraft

NHSA Webmaster · Dec 5, 1979 ·

Professor Ahl, a retired German Lieutenant Commander was the pilot of the aircraft of the German raider Kormoran, which sank HMAS Sydney and was sunk by the Australian cruiser. ON ...

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The Loss of HMS Kuala, 1942

Creer, H.V., Commander, RAN · Sep 7, 1979 ·

This is an edited account of the loss of the auxiliary patrol vessel HMS Kuala as related by her commanding officer Lieutenant Franklin Caithness, RNR, to the late Commander H.V. ...

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