AFTER THE UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE of the Armstrong screw breech, a retrograde step was taken in returning to the Rifled Muzzle Loading system for the guns of both sea and land ...
Naval history
I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 2)
I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 1)
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 ...
HMAS Parramatta Memorial
The memorial to the three ships bearing the proud title of HMAS Parramatta will be unveiled at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday, 13th June, 1981 at Queens Wharf Steps in the City ...
No. 2285 EOC – BL 6” Gun, HMAS Melbourne, history 1912 to present
The Australian as seen by an Englishman
Success & Failure – The Story of the Torpedo Gunboat
Garden Island Dockyard 1943-46
A View from the Accounts Branch IT WAS IN 1933 that I first became acquainted with the Royal Australian Navy and HMA Naval Establishments at Garden Island. At that time ...
Burra Bra — Ferry and Warship
A SLEEK PASSENGER FERRY for the Sydney to Manly service was launched at the shipyards of Morts Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd., Woolwich, New South Wales, on 17th June 1908. ...