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The Sea War in Korea 1950 – 1953

Murray, D.S., Rear Admiral · Jun 19, 1976 ·

Rear Admiral D. S. Murray is Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. He served as ADO in HMAS Sydney during the Korean conflict and was Mentioned in Despatches. His commands in ...

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Spectacle Island Command 1894 – 1900

Capper, Lieutenant Commander · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Lieutenant Commander Capper assumed command of Her Majesty’s Magazine and Ordnance Depot on March 1895. Capper was one of the first lower deck men to be commissioned in the Royal ...

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Boxer Rebellion Journal

Murmin, Midshipman C.E. NSW Naval Brigade · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Midshipman Murmin was an officer of the NSW Naval Brigade contingent which sailed in the troopship, Salamis, for China on 8th August 1900. The Australians arrived too late to become ...

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Alan Payne – Naval Constructor Supreme

Payne, Alan · Mar 30, 1976 ·

A naval constructor may at first glance appear an odd subject for biography but there was nothing odd about Britain’s greatest builder of modern ships, Stephen Payne. This is the ...

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The Fleet off Crete

Lind, L.J. · Mar 30, 1976 ·

This extract from the address The Land and Sea Battle for Crete illustrates the great difficulties under which the Royal Navy operated in the Mediterranean in 1941. In this campaign, ...

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