H.M.A. Ships Encounter and Australia with Huon and two other “Rivers”, and Tattoo and two other S class boats laid up in Sydney Harbour in 1921. ...
History - Between the wars
HMAS Shropshire
THIS IS THE STORY of a well known ship, seen through the eyes of a retired captain who commissioned the ship as a cadet in 1929. In 1927 the Admiralty ...
The Australian as seen by an Englishman
The Cruise Of HMAS Australia -1934-36
Extracts from the Diary of Leading Signalman G.A. Wakely – HMS Swiftsure
17th April 1908: Ship ordered to sea daybreak 18th. 18th April 1908: Sailed from Malta at 0400 and made speed of 12 knots but were soon ordered to increase to ...
Coastal Motor Boats – 1916
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 ...