The author, Mr. J.D.V. Crew, was a Gunner (T) RN and this was from Quickmatch Booklet. 1944 IT WAS IN 1925 that I first met Royal Australian Naval personnel. They ...
History - Between the wars
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 ...