THREE HUNDRED MEMBERS and guests witnessed the unveiling of the British Pacific Fleet Memorial at Naval Headquarters, Potts Point, Sydney, on Sunday 2nd December 1973. Rear Admiral G.D. Moore, CBE, ...
Naval Historical Review
His Majesty’s Ship Papua
HMS Papua is one of the lesser known vessels of the Royal Navy. Her active life covered a period of less than one year and her greatest claim to fame ...
Out of the Past – pictorial
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Lower Deck Memories – 1908-1911
Mr. Blakeney wrote these memoirs at the age of 83. He served in the Navy for 49 years, commencing as a cadet in 1906 and ending as captain of the ...
The Four Lives of HMS Wexford
MOST WARSHIPS have inbuilt lasting qualities. HMS Victory has weathered almost two centuries, and several United States ships of war are almost as venerable. HMS Wexford, a later Hunt class ...
Australian Naval Aviation – Part 2
Farewell to Old Sydney Forever
ALTHOUGH HER DAYS WERE NUMBERED, the shock announcement on July 20th ‘The transport HMAS Sydney is to be paid off. She will be withdrawn from the Australian Fleet and will ...
Captain Joseph Burnett RAN
The Great Sea Battles of History 480 B.C.-1945
SalamisB.C. 480 Mycale479 Mylae260 Mount Ecnome256 Drepanum (Trapani)249 Egadian lslands241 Syracuse212 Coryce191 Myonnese190 Lemnos73 Nauloque35 Actium31 SinnigalliaA.D.551 Bravalla735 Paris885 BeirutJune7, 1191 ConstantinopleJuly 17, 1203 ConstantinopleApril 22, 1204 DammeMay 31, 1213 ...