The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. By Roy and Lesley Adkins. Reviewed by Graeme Andrews This is an unusual book ...
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Book Review: Across the Sea to War
Across the Sea to War. By Peter Plowman. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd (2003). ISBN 1877058 06 8 Reviewed by Sandy Saunders An interesting publication which describes in great detail the ...
Book Review: The Plimsoll Sensation
The Plimsoll Sensation: The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea. By Nicolette Jones. Published by Abacus Books 2007. ISBN 978-0-349-11720-1. Reviewed by Sandy Saunders This book chronicles, in great ...
Book Review: RN Navy List 1943
Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...
Book Review: The Royal Australian Navy – a History
The Royal Australian Navy – a History Edited by David Stevens, published by Oxford University Press. First published in 2001 as a hardback version, reprinted several times and so well ...
Book Review: The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, RN
The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy. By Peter Ashley. Published by Pierhead Press, England. rrp A$22.00. Reviewed by Dave Rickard The author, Peter Ashley, has spent nearly four decades ...
Book Review: Shadow Voyage – Escape of the SS Bremen
Book Review: Beneath Southern Seas – The Silent Service
Beneath Southern Seas – The Silent Service by Jon Davison and Tom Allibone. Published by UWA Press. rrp $65.00 Reviewed by Tim Duchesne Some might think this glossy doorstop of ...
Book Review: Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942
Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942. A Maritime Mystery. By Steven Carruthers. Caper Publications Pty Ltd, Narrabeen. ISBN 0-9775630-0-4. Hard cover, 264pp Reviewed by Sandy Saunders Being a comparative newcomer to ...