On the night of October 20, 1944, the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia, part of the Task Group 77.3 under command of Rear Admiral R.S. Berkey, US Navy, took up position ...
Ship histories and stories
Westralia – Appleleaf
British Destroyer Losses in WW II
HMAS Perth – A Brief History 1936-1942
HMAS Amphion, a 6″ modified ‘Leander’ Class Cruiser, was commissioned into the Royal Navy in June 1936, under Captain R. L. Burnett, OBE, RN. Of 6,980 tons, 72,000 hp, giving ...
HMAS Diamantina During EXPO 88
History of Service – HMAS Shropshire
This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
History of Service – HMAS Canberra
This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
History of Service – HMAS Australia
This was a pictorial article published in September 1989. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
Tokyo Bay – 1945
With the surrender signed and whilst waiting for the first run ashore, a half dozen or so sailors from the Australian cruiser Shropshire (including myself) were granted permission to take out ...