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The Story behind the “Rising Sun” Trophy of Arms

Wilson, Maury · Sep 11, 1994 ·

On the 29th of January, 1902 Major General Sir Thomas Henry Edward Hutton, an officer of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, at the invitation of the Australian Commonwealth Government, set ...

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X-Craft: – X20 in the English Channel

Hudspeth, K.R., LCDR, RANR Rtd · Sep 11, 1994 ·

In September 1943, six X-Craft left Britain in Operation Source, aiming to attack the German battleship TIRPITZ and other capital ships in Altenfjord, some 1,000 miles away in Arctic Norway. ...

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HMAS Shropshire – WW2

Yeomans, Jim · Sep 11, 1994 ·

HMAS SHROPSHIRE was a lucky ship! All drafts to the U.K. safely traversed the Atlantic at the height of U-Boat sinkings and not a man was lost through enemy action. ...

Obituary: Lieutenant C.L.M (Jack) Shepperd, MBE DSM

A.N. Other · Sep 11, 1994 ·

Anybody who served in HMAS NIRIMBA between 1956 and its closure in 1994 would have known Jack Shepperd. He died on Wednesday, 17th August, 1994 aged 86. Apart from family ...

Book Review: The Shame of Savo Island

Book reviewer · Sep 11, 1994 ·

The Battle of Savo Island in which HMAS CANBERRA was lost has been the subject of many books, analyses and articles, but in his powerful and enthralling work the author ...

Book Review: Lost ships of Guadalcanal

Book reviewer · Sep 11, 1994 ·

THE LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL By Robert D. Ballard, Published by Warner/Madison Press This is another book by one of the world’s foremost oceanographers and undersea explorers. Robert Ballard is already ...

HMAS ADELAIDE (1922-1945)

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 1994 ·

HMAS ADELAIDE – Light Cruiser HMAS Adelaide (1922 to 1945) Painting by John Bastock Displacement: 5,560 tons standard Length: 460 ft (140.20 m) overall Beam: 50 ft (15.24 m) Draught: 18½ ...

Captain Frank Edmund Getting, RAN – 1899-1942

Smith, Peter · Jun 11, 1994 ·

Frank Edmund Getting was born on 30 July, 1899, the son of Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Getting of Quarantine Street, Manly, New South Wales. In 1913 Frank applied for entry ...

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HMAS Encounter – Decommissioning at Port Adelaide

Sullivan, John · Jun 11, 1994 ·

On 12th April, 1915, the Commonwealth acquired land for the purposes of establishing a new naval depot in South Australia, to replace the existing depot at Largs Bay. The new ...

HMAS Adelaide – Malaita Expedition 1927

Swinden, Greg · Jun 11, 1994 ·

In early October 1927 the Town Class cruiser HMAS ADELAIDE lay alongside Garden Island in Sydney, having just returned from a cruise to the Solomon Islands, when news was received ...

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The Cost of World War II

Encyclopaedia Britannica, · Jun 11, 1994 ·

“Fifty-seven nations, Allied and Axis, were belligerents in World War II . . . The major portion of the cost was borne by the United States, the British Commonwealth, the ...

Convoy System – WW1 and WW2 Comparisons

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 11, 1994 ·

In World War I the convoy system was not instituted until May 1917, whilst in World War II convoys were quickly organised soon after war was declared in September 1939. ...

Letter by HRN Prince of Wales from HMS Renown in Sydney

Baker, Kevin · Jun 11, 1994 ·

One of our subsection’s members is an ex-bandsman by the name of Hector Napier. He has just turned 86 and is a very spry young bloke – never missing one ...

Letters: Loss of Lord Kitchener with HMS Hampshire

Letter Writer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

I was very interested in Mr Date’s article, Lord Kitchener Lost with HMS HAMPSHIRE, in the December 1993 “Review”. As many people have considered the sinking of HMS HAMPSHIRE an ...

Book Review: The Battle of the Wine Dark Sea

Book reviewer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

No other sea presents so many mysteries to the naval historian as the Aegean. Battles have been lost and won in this island-studded waterway since antiquity but none were more ...

Book Review: Blue Watch, All the Blue Watch

Book reviewer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

“Blue Watch, All the Blue Watch” By John Allerton I have not read the “1st Impression” of John Allerton’s book but this “2nd Impression” of this record of his service ...

Book Review: Q Class Destroyers and Frigates

Book reviewer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

“Q CLASS DESTROYERS AND FRIGATES OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY” (Destroyers 1942-1956) (Frigates 1953-1972) by Trevor Weaver, Published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia. At last a book has been ...

Book Review: The Quay to the Sea

Book reviewer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

By Captain Surtees M. Rothery The story begins with the author as a young lad growing up in the Vaucluse area of Sydney in the 1920s. Captain Rothery paints a ...

The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1982 (Part 2)

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

Battle for Falkland Islands – 1982 The Argentine seizure of the Falkland Islands (las Islas Malvinas) on 2 April 1982 took place at a time when the British Royal Navy ...

The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1914 (Part 1)

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

Battle of Coronel – 1914 Although the Royal Navy outnumbered the German navy by a huge margin in 1914, British strength was concentrated in the North Sea, leaving small isolated ...

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HMS Sirius – Australia’s First Flagship

Barton, Alan · Mar 12, 1994 ·

H.M.S. SIRIUS features prominently in our Australian history as she served as Governor Phillip’s flagship, and the guardship to the First Fleet of eleven ships when our nation commenced in ...

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New Diving Launches Arrive

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

August 16, 1993 saw two new large diving launches constructed by Geraldton Boat Builders of Geraldton, arrive at HMAS STIRLING for handover to the Royal Australian Navy in company with ...

HMAS Sterling-Fleet Base West

A.N. Other · Mar 12, 1994 ·

History HMAS STIRLING was selected to honour the name of Captain James Stirling, Royal Navy, the naval officer who landed on Garden Island in 1827 and returned in June, 1829 ...

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HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran – Possible and Probable Search Areas

Kirsner, Professor Kim, (UWA) · Mar 12, 1994 ·

[Update from John Date: Following an intimation in the September 1993 issue of our journal NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW by Mike McCarthy, Curator of Maritime Archaeology of the Western Australian Maritime ...

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HMAS Sydney III – 1948-1973

A.N. Other · Dec 25, 1993 ·

Veteran aircraft carrier of Korean War (1951-54), Malaysian/Indonesian confrontation emergency (1964) and troop transport of Vietnam conflict (1965-72)   Left Foreground:  Patrol Boat/Assault Support Right Middle: Australian Army Vessel of Brudenell White/Clive ...

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