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HMS Amethyst – the Yangtse Incident 1948

Hughes, W.R.N., RCNC · Sep 7, 1979 ·

THE STORY OF THE SO-CALLED YANGTSE INCIDENT and the saga of HMS Amethyst has been told and retold in the Press and over the Radio of the world, but I ...

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The RAN – 1918-1919

Vennell, C W Lt RAN Retired · Jun 30, 1979 ·

FROM A WESTERN DISTRICT FARM, far from sight or sound of the sea, to the gunroom of a battle-cruiser in the Grand Fleet within the space of four months – ...

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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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