On 10th February 1964 the Search and Rescue (SAR) crews arrived at the Marine Section at the usual time, 0750, to have their coffee and prepare for another day’s work. ...
Naval history
Tales from the Dockyard: Dan Craig’s Medal
Tales from the Dockyard: ‘Ingenuity Rules’
Lest it be thought that there was no humour in HM Naval Yard, Garden Island, during G.H. Bromwich’s long term in office, the following account by an apprentice boilermaker of ...
Book Review: Treachery
Treachery by Julian Stockwin. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. rrp $32.99 Reviewed by Barry Nobes Treachery is ninth in a series of Napoleonic War naval stories by Julian Stockwin, ...
General Knowledge Question
Which ship of the RAN wore the flag of an Admiral of the Fleet longer than any other? Answer Though her commission in the RAN was very brief, HMAS Suva ...
Green and Gold Malaria
The day would soon arrive when I could not ignore the rash. I was obviously ill and so I called on Doctor Nash. This standard consultation would adjudicate my fate. ...
Letters – Cannon Balls and Brass Monkeys
Oh, dear. Not that old saw again! (Cannon Balls – Dispelling a Myth, The Review, December, 2008.) It’s an amusing yarn but there’s not a word of truth in it. The ...
UK Defence Bullying Report – RAF Worst of the Three Services
A recent report by the Equal Opportunities Audit Team has found that allegations of ‘a culture of widespread bullying and brutality’ within the British Forces are, in the most part, ...
The Angels Came in Ships
The Quetta Story
Taken from ‘The Quetta. – Queensland’s Worst Disaster’ At 6am on 18 February 1890 RMS Quetta left Parbury Wharf, Brisbane for what should have been just another voyage back to ...