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The Navy and the Napier Earthquake – New Zealand, 1931

Watt, Robert M · Jun 7, 1979 ·

THE PEACETIME ACTIVITIES of the Royal Navy have on innumerable occasions included help to those in distress, and right down through the years when great calamities have overtaken peoples of ...

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The Destruction of Force K – Mediterranean 1941

Rodwell, E · Jun 7, 1979 ·

ON 3RD JUNE 1941 the Italian 7th Division (Admiral Casardi) and the 4th Division (Admiral Giovanola) comprising five cruisers and seven destroyers, laid two deep minefields to the north-east of ...

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HMS Renown – Battle-cruiser 1916 – 1948

Churchill, Peter, Lieutenant Commander, RN (Rtd) · Jun 7, 1979 ·

WHEN CHURCHILL BROUGHT ADMIRAL FISHER back as First Sea Lord in October 1914, he could not have dreamed that Fisher would soon reintroduce battle cruisers, which Churchill strongly disapproved of ...

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Escape From Gumusluck (Turkey, 1943)

Perry, W.G. · Jun 7, 1979 ·

Printed by permission of the Editor of the Journal of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors Association IN OCTOBER 1943 I was serving as FNCO on the staff of the ...

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The Cruise of the Speedy – c1840

Dundonald, , Lord, Admiral · Mar 5, 1979 ·

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald made his name in command of the small brig Speedy in 1800 when he captured the Spanish frigate El Gamo. His commands of the ...

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