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Australia Station ships – HMS Torch and HMS Sealark

A.N. Other · Dec 16, 1972 ·

HMS Torch joined the Australian Station in February 1897 Originally the Consuelo, HMS Sealark joined the Australia Station in 1910 ...

The Maxim was the Maximum

A.N. Other · Aug 31, 1972 ·

THE MAXIM GUN was adopted by the Royal Navy in the 1880s. It was used with good effect in the Benin Campaign (modern Biafra) in 1896. The two seamen of ...

Seapower Saved Australia A 28 Year Old Lesson in Naval Strategy

Royle, Guy, Admiral · Aug 31, 1972 ·

On December 10 1944 the First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG, in an address to the Fleet expressed the opinion printed below. The ...

Confrontation at Constantinople

NHSA Webmaster · Aug 31, 1972 ·

The infant republic of the new Turkey under the rule of Kemal Ataturk threatened the peace of the world in 1922 when Turkish forces moved into Monrovia. Warships from three ...

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HMS Chatham – New Zealand’s First Cruiser

A.N. Other · Aug 31, 1972 ·

It was only to be expected that the two countries of Australia and New Zealand would establish naval forces of their own. Not only did their geographical positions dictate this, ...

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