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Battles and operations

Memories of the Emden and her Captain Karl Von Meuller

Werner, Arthur · Sep 18, 1980 ·

IN THE YEAR 1913 the German Transport Koenigin Luise put out to sea from the port of Bremerhaven with a detachment of naval men, including myself as an able-bodied seaman. ...

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The Luftwaffe Anti-Shipping Missile Threat During WW II

Bogart, Charles H. · Sep 13, 1980 ·

AMONG THE SHIPS on the firing line off Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the battleship HMS Warspite. Firing broadsides from six of her eight 15” guns she engaged targets ...

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The Battle of Tsushima, 1905

Kubata, K. · Jun 30, 1980 ·

Editor’s Note: On the night of 8th February 1904, Vice Admiral Togo led the Japanese Combined Fleet against Russian naval units anchored at Port Arthur at the western end of ...

Bomb Alley, 1942

Max Darling, RANVR · Jun 23, 1980 ·

IN 1942 THE BOMB ALLEY of this story extended 400 miles along the central Mediterranean with every mile within 30 minutes of enemy airfields. At the eastern end the strategically ...

Anti Submarine Warfare – June 1944, English Channel

Darling, Stanley, OBE, DSC and 2 bars, Captain, RANR (Rtd) · Mar 31, 1980 ·

In command of HMS Loch Killin, one of the first of a new class of frigate, Lieutenant Commander Darling joined the Second Escort Group under the legendary Captain Walker in ...

Coastal Motor Boats – 1916

Denis, A.L.E., Commander, RNR (Rtd) · Mar 31, 1980 ·

In the early summer of 1915 three young Naval Officers from the Harwich Destroyer Force (Lieutenants Hampden, Bremner and Anson) conceived the idea of a small fast motor boat, capable ...

The Tobruk Run

Rhoades, Commodore Rodney DSC RAN Retired · Dec 31, 1979 ·

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 ...

HMAS Warramunga, the Second of the Australian Built Tribals 1942 – 1963

NHSA Webmaster · Dec 25, 1977 ·

ON THE 7TH OF FEBRUARY 1942 Mrs. Frank Forde, wife of the then Minister for the Army, smashed the traditional bottle of wine across the sharp stem of the ship ...

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The Second Battle of Sirte – Mediterranean, 1941

Storey, A.S, DSC, Commander, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 25, 1977 ·

DECEMBER 1941 WAS THE MONTH OF DISASTER for the Mediterranean Fleet, for within the space of twenty four hours, the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Andrew Cunningham, had lost the services of two ...

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The Submarine AE2 in World War One

Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN · Oct 31, 1977 ·

WHEN OUR COMMONWEALTH was proclaimed in 1901, submarines were about to begin appearing in the Royal Navy, where their introduction had been opposed for a long time. Captain Creswell, the ...

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The Fate of Singapore’s Guns – Japanese Report

Bogart, Charles H. · Jun 25, 1977 ·

In a previous issue of Naval Historical Review we published an article on the guns of Singapore and their ultimate fate. Mr. Bogart, a United States member of the Society, ...

South of Gallipoli

Moore, G.D., Rear Admiral · Mar 31, 1977 ·

In our September, 1976 issue we featured an article entitled ‘North of Gallipoli’ in which the author, Commander George Nekrasov, wrote of the relatively unknown operations of the Russian Black ...

North of Gallipoli – Black Sea 1914-1917

Nekrasov, G., Commander, RAN · Sep 30, 1976 ·

ON THE 25TH APRIL 1915 ANZAC troops stormed ashore at Gallipoli – and established a new tradition. The objective of that operation was to force Turkey out of the war, ...

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Boxer Rebellion Journal

Murmin, Midshipman C.E. NSW Naval Brigade · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Midshipman Murmin was an officer of the NSW Naval Brigade contingent which sailed in the troopship, Salamis, for China on 8th August 1900. The Australians arrived too late to become ...

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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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Battle Honours for HMA Ships and Fleet Air Arm Squadrons

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 1975 ·

THIS IS A COPY OF AN UNCLASSIFIED AUSTRALIAN NAVAL ORDER The award of Battle Honours to Her Majesty’s Australian Ships is intended to foster esprit de corps among their officers ...

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Japanese Destroyers In Battle of Sunda Strait

A.N. Other · Sep 30, 1975 ·

The Battle of Sunda Strait was won by Japanese destroyers. In no other action in the Pacific War were their destroyers given the opportunity of using the tactics they had ...

HMAS Bendigo – New Guinea 1942

Richardson, G · Jun 30, 1975 ·

In our last issue we featured the first year in the career of HMAS Bendigo. The corvette’s multifarious duties earned the title of ‘Maid of all Tasks’. Between June and ...

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HMAS Bendigo 1941 – 42

Richardson, G · Mar 31, 1975 ·

Diaries in any form were disallowed in HMA Ships during World War II but fortunately for history some were kept and many survived. One such diary was kept by C ...

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Naval Actions in the Crimea War – Pictorial

A.N. Other · Mar 16, 1975 ·

The Navy’s role in the Crimea War was in the main support of the armies ashore. However, these operations were not confined to the Black Sea. Squadrons were in action against ...

Canberra’s fate

Temp Author · Dec 13, 1974 ·

It was 1.45 in the morning, Serene and quiet the sea; The Canberra had steamed into Tulagi, With Guadalcanal on the lee. The Aussie patrol was with us With Yankee ...

Action in the Solomons

Clemens, Major W. F. M. MC. · Sep 30, 1974 ·

The text of this article consists of extracts from The Battle of Savo Island by Major W. F. M. Clemens, MC. Major Clemens viewed the battle from behind enemy positions ...

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Perth Died Bravely

Makin, Hon. Norman J O · Jun 30, 1974 ·

[Statement by the Minister for the Navy (the Hon. Norman J.O.Makin, M.P.) in the Australian House of Representatives, 2nd March 1945] THIS RECONSTRUCTION of the Java Sea Battle, and of ...

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British Pacific Fleet Memorial

Pollock, M.P. · Mar 30, 1974 ·

THREE HUNDRED MEMBERS and guests witnessed the unveiling of the British Pacific Fleet Memorial at Naval Headquarters, Potts Point, Sydney, on Sunday 2nd December 1973. Rear Admiral G.D. Moore, CBE, ...

The Great Sea Battles of History 480 B.C.-1945

A.N. Other · Dec 16, 1973 ·

SalamisB.C. 480 Mycale479 Mylae260 Mount Ecnome256 Drepanum (Trapani)249 Egadian lslands241 Syracuse212 Coryce191 Myonnese190 Lemnos73 Nauloque35 Actium31 SinnigalliaA.D.551 Bravalla735 Paris885 BeirutJune7, 1191 ConstantinopleJuly 17, 1203 ConstantinopleApril 22, 1204 DammeMay 31, 1213 ...

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