Originally built before WW2 for RAF bombers, the airfield came under Admiralty control in 1939. Post war it was rebuilt for RN squadrons of the Far East Fleet until vacated ...
History - general
Book Review: Dark Victory
Dark Victory By David Marr and Marian Wilkinson Allen and Unwin: Sydney, 2003 Pp 350. Price $29.95 pb Reviewed by Tigger Wise One man’s singleminded determination to preserve the integrity ...
Cockatoo Island – An Historical Account
Coastal Defence Forts at Albany, Western Australia
Lloyds Patriotic Swords – further information
LLOYDS PATRIOTIC FUND SWORD AT LADY DENMAN MARITIME MUSEUM Further research in the Library of NHSA has discovered a little more of the story behind the presentation of this sword ...
The Raid on Limbang – 1962
The Lorcha from Macau
THIS TYPE OF VESSEL was once common in the South China Sea during the colonial period of the 19th century, particularly around Macau. The type meant a vessel of hybrid ...
American Plans for Invading New Zealand & Australia – Part2
Letters: Lloyds Patriotic Fund Sword
LLOYDS PATRIOTIC FUND SWORD AT LADY DENMAN MARITIME MUSEUM Dear Sir, Engraving on the sword reads: “From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to Mr Wm. Pitt Bowler, Midshipman of HM Sloop Swift ...