No member of the Royal Australian Navy who served in wartime could show as much appreciation of their captain as did the crew, officers and ratings of the three Amphion
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Diaries, particularly those kept by seamen, are not only an important primary historical source but are first-class reading entertainment. The following extracts from the diary of AB J Marsland describe
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It is with some trepidation that I pick up my pen to try and describe some of my impressions during the time I ‘stood by’ the building of Quickmatch; but
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Twenty four Victoria Crosses were won by the Navy in World War II. Eleven of the winners lived and thirteen died in the actions which won them the award. The
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In this second instalment on Japanese intelligence, Lieutenant-Commander Swan covers the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and the consequent penetration of China, Manchuria, Burma, India, Annam, the Philippines and Mongolia by
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