WITH THE FALL OF FORT FISHER on January 15 1865, for all practical purposes, the Civil War at sea for the Union Navy came to an end. With the closing ...
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The Tobruk Run
WHILE I WAS IN COMMAND of HMAS Vendetta in 1940-41, she ran a record number of trips to Tobruk. If my memory serves me right we went into that port ...
The Battle of The Glorious First of June, 1794
Destroyer Design – HMS Kelly
HMS Nelson, Armour Belted Cruiser 1882
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 ...
