The old “Aussie” hands gave three cheers to honour Mrs Francomb and her late husband Rear Admiral H.B. Farncomb, C.B., D.S.O., U.S. Navy Cross. ...
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Morale in the Royal Australian Navy
Letters – Censorship
Diary of John Ernest James – Part 2
Written whilst serving in HMAS Sydney II This is the second instalment of the diaries of John Ernest James. He was in the Mediterranean Sea in HMAS Sydney and took ...
HMAS Canberra and HMAS Shropshire Honoured
On the 4th April, 1989,a delightful ceremony took place in the precincts of the Naval Museum on Garden Island, Sydney, in the presentation of much treasured naval memorabilia. Firstly, a beautiful coloured ...
The Salvage of the USS New Orleans – 1942
Ships arrive off Sydney Heads under steam, under sail, under tow and even underwater in the case of submarines. But one ship arrived backwards! Amid dramatic circumstances, it was ...
The WW1 Troopship SS Suevic – A Short History
The above interesting photo of the troopship S.S. SUEVIC, which appears to have been taken in SydneyHarbour, was held by George Hancock, formerly of SydneyHigh School and who was probably ...
Armstrong, J M – Naval Wartime Hero (Part 2)
HMAS Swan and the Dampier Memorial – 1938
After the September Crisis HMAS SWAN, which had been in Western Australia at the Crisis, was ordered by the Naval Board to proceed to Broome to unveil a memorial to ...
Book Review: The Naval Steam Reciprocating Engine
Title: The Naval Steam Reciprocating Engine Author: Norman Rivett Published by: Naval Historical Society of Australia Card No. ISBN 09587 456 0 9 The Naval Historical Society of Australia is to ...