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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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HMAS Cape Leeuwin

Rowell, J · Mar 30, 1976 ·

The Cape Leeuwin was built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. in 1925 for the lighthouse service. Commissioned in 1943 she served in New Guinea and the Philippines. She was ...

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Ship Badges – Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Mar 20, 1976 ·

HMAS Penguin, the Navy’s depot at Balmoral on Sydney Harbour, celebrated its 30th Anniversary in July 1972. The name Penguin goes back to 1831 and has been handed down through ...

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The Entire Convoy was Sunk

Collins, R.A.C., Able Seaman, RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...

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