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Battles and operations

HMS Viscount 1940

Taylor, Buck, Lt. · Jun 10, 2004 ·

Lt. Taylor is a former Supply Assistant and this is  an account  of his service in a V&W destroyer. Contributed by Old Hands of Ballina Maritime Museum. I ‘VOLUNTEERED’ FOR ...

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Ping Wo’s Golden Secret

Eagles, James · Mar 30, 2004 ·

HMAS Ping Wo was not the most glamorous ship ever requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy. Described by at least one of her crew as a ‘rust bucket’, the 3105grt ...

German U-Boat Surrender 1945 – U-977

Schaeffer, Heinz · Mar 10, 2004 ·

A previous article described how surrendering German U-Boats were boarded and taken as prizes into captivity to remote lochs in Scotland and Northern Ireland. One wonders what the German Navy ...

The Great Storm of 1953 – Sheerness Dockyard

Mason, R.C.H., AM, OBE, Lieutenant Commander, RN (Retd). · Mar 10, 2004 ·

The winter of 1953 was marked by severe storms and flooding over vast areas of Kent and the Thames estuary, causing heavy loss of sheep and other livestock, after sea ...

Southwick House and D-Day: Events of 1944

Boxall-Hunt, Brian OBE, Commander, RN · Mar 10, 2004 ·

Previously published in the 2003 Annual Year Book of the Ex-Services Association of Singapore, and reproduced by kind permission of the author, Commander Brian Boxall-Hunt OBE RN, Royal Navy Liaison ...

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The Loss of HMS Ambuscade

A.N. Other · Mar 10, 2004 ·

The Loss of HMS Ambuscade – 14 December 1798 (Napoleonic War) Author unknown: found in our archives This account of a small single-ship action dispels the general idea of an ...

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Confrontation-The Campaign Widens || RAN Participation 1964-66

Francis, Richard · Dec 17, 2003 ·

The Navy’s part in Confrontation was twofold: to provide the deterrent backing to the whole operation with the striking power (never used but known to have exerted profound influence) of ...

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HMAS Sydney – An End to the Controversy

Mearns, David L · Dec 17, 2003 ·

FOR SIXTY YEARS a copy of Captain Theodor Detmers’ Gefechtsbericht or action report of the fight between his ship, the German raider Kormoran, and the Australian cruiser Sydney in November ...

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First Excitement in Sarawak 1963

Francis, Richard · Sep 29, 2003 ·

The Inshore Flotilla of the Far East Fleet were the first ships deployed to patrol Borneo’s coastline and rivers at the outbreak of the Indonesian Confrontation in 1963. DURING THE ...

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Book Review: Full Circle – Log of the Navy’s No. 1 Conscript

Book reviewer · Sep 18, 2003 ·

Full Circle: Log of the Navy’s No. 1 Conscript By John Gritten Cualann Press, ISBN 0 9535036 9 0. 6 Corpach Drive, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 7XG Scotland. Reviewed by Ian ...

Book Review: Zeebrugge

Book reviewer · Sep 18, 2003 ·

Zeebrugge By Barrie Pitt Cassell Military Paperbacks. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. Pp. 230. Price $19.95 Reviewed by B.L. Cleary This is the 2003 edition of a book, first published in ...

HMS Marlborough’s Account of the Iraq War, March 2003

Anderson, Mark, B.Sc. (Hons), Captain, RN · Sep 8, 2003 ·

After active participation in the naval war against Iraq earlier this year, HMS Marlborough visited Sydney for rest and relaxation. Your Editor requested the Captain to write an article for ...

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Obituary: Captain Stan Darling, OBE, DSC**, VRD, RANR

A.N. Other · Jun 16, 2003 ·

JUST PRIOR TO THE START of last year’s Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race a simple ceremony was conducted from the RAN diving launch Seal as the ashes of this distinguished ...

Book Review: Lost but not forgotten – a bitter sweet victory

Book reviewer · Mar 18, 2003 ·

Lost but not forgotten – a bitter sweet victory HMAS Sydney II – in memory of the 645. by Keith Shegog Self-published Reviewed by Peter Colthorpe This book is no ...

Submarine Memories

Selby, Gordon · Dec 15, 2002 ·

ON 1ST JULY 1941 Lieutenant Wanklyn received his promotion to Lieutenant Commander and the Malta based submarines became the 10th Submarine Flotilla. At about the same time I was rated ...

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Service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1940 – 1946

Buckley, Lieutenant N.W. AM RNVR · Dec 15, 2002 ·

A short account of some wartime experiences – Awarded Second Prize, Naval Officers Club Literary Prize 2001 THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in September 1939 caught most people, ...

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U Boat surrender in Loch Eriboll – 8th to 23rd May 1945

Whitehouse, John · Dec 14, 2002 ·

VE DAY, 8TH MAY, was a day of bright sunshine and stiff breezes, and we sailed north through the Minches with the Scottish coast to starboard and the islands of ...

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Book Review: Kill the Tiger

Book reviewer · Dec 9, 2002 ·

Kill the Tiger By Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin Published by Hodder Headline Australia. $29.95 Reviewed by John Jones “Kill the Tiger” is the story of Rimau, the special forces ...

Book Review: So Long Singapore

Book reviewer · Dec 9, 2002 ·

So Long Singapore by Hugh Campbell and Ron Lovell. Reasonably priced at $25.00 plus $7 postage and packing, this book is thoroughly recommended. Available from the author (Hugh Campbell) at: ...

Book Review: The Shores of Gallipoli

Book reviewer · Sep 10, 2002 ·

Title: The Shores of Gallipoli Author: Tom Frame. Publisher: Hale & Iremonger 2000. Reviewed by: Peter Colthorpe. The legend of ANZAC is well known by all but few know of ...

Operation Pedestal – 60th Anniversary

Ministry of Defence (UK) · Sep 10, 2002 ·

15th August 2002 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival in Malta of the Pedestal convoy, delivering at heavy cost the critical supplies that saved the island from having to ...

RANVR Yachtsmen in World War II

Germaine, Max, OAM, Lieutenant, RANVR · Sep 10, 2002 ·

On that fateful Sunday 3rd September 1939 when England declared war on Germany, an angry Hitler in messages to his army in the west and the German people, called the ...

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HMS Byron and the Surrender of U-1009 at the End of WW2

Whitehouse, John · Sep 10, 2002 ·

U.1009 was a Type VIIC, the standard operational U Boat, and although there were bigger, faster boats at sea at the time these were comparatively few in number. U.1009 was ...

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Memorial: HMAS Canberra lost at the Battle of Savo Island

Sinfield, Peter · Sep 10, 2002 ·

Their Excellencies the Governor-General the Right Reverend Doctor Peter Hollingworth AC OBE and Mrs Hollingworth attended the 60th anniversary, Memorial Service in Canberra to commemorate the loss of the first ...

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The History of Nelson’s Flagship – HMS Victory

Jarrett, Hugh · Sep 9, 2002 ·

 It is nearly two hundred years since the Battle of Trafalgar and on the anniversary of that great battle, 21st October, in clubs and naval messes across the world, the ...

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