Naval Historical Review

Escape From Gumusluck (Turkey, 1943)

Perry, W.G. · Jun 7, 1979 ·

Printed by permission of the Editor of the Journal of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors Association IN OCTOBER 1943 I was serving as FNCO on the staff of the ...

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The Cruise of the Speedy – c1840

Dundonald, , Lord, Admiral · Mar 5, 1979 ·

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald made his name in command of the small brig Speedy in 1800 when he captured the Spanish frigate El Gamo. His commands of the ...

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A Submarine Episode during the Indian-Pakistan War of 1971

Corau, A., Capitaine, FN · Mar 5, 1979 ·

This article was first published in English in the Pakistan Navy News, but this version was in the original French and has been translated by the Editor. The article describes ...

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Admiral Sir Victor Smith, AC, KBE, CB, DSC

Birch, Albert · Mar 5, 1979 ·

INASMUCH AS THE NAME VICTOR TRUMPER remains immortal among the followers of cricket, so will the name Sir Victor Smith serve as a reminder, to all those connected in any ...

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British Monitors East of Malta

Buxton, Ian · Mar 5, 1979 ·

A full account of the design, construction and operation of the Royal Navy’s 42 monitors is contained in the book Big Gun Monitors by Ian Buxton. WHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL and ...

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The Chindwin Flotilla 1945

Pertwee, J.W.M., Lieutenant, RN · Mar 5, 1979 ·

THE DISASTROUS RETREAT of the British forces in Burma, their incredible heroism during the siege of Imphal and the eventual southward advance through the worst fighting terrain in the world ...

Genesis of the Australia

Goldrick, J.V.P., Midshipman, RAN · Dec 31, 1978 ·

THAT THE FIRST AUSTRALIA of the RAN was a Dreadnought battle cruiser was largely due to a combination of accidents, rather than any coherent policy on the part of Great ...

HMAS Wyatt Earp – Antarctic Research 1947-1948

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 31, 1978 ·

SPACE WILL NOT ALLOW ME to dwell significantly on the history of Antarctic exploration, nor the reasons which led to this voyage. The reason, primarily, for the Wyatt Earp ...

HMAS Wyatt Earp and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1947-1948

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 29, 1978 ·

Space will not allow me to dwell significantly on the history of Antarctic exploration, nor the reasons which led to this voyage. The reason, primarily, for the Wyatt Earp mission, ...

The Torpedoing of HMAS Hobart 1942

Parker, R.G., OBE, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 25, 1978 ·

Also published as Occasional Paper 157, March 2023 I JOINED HMAS HOBART at Brisbane in September 1942 as the Commander (E), relieving Commander (E) A.D. Cairns, who had been in ...

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Quiberon and a Deep U-boat – 1942

Max Darling, RANVR · Dec 25, 1978 ·

HMAS QUIBERON, brand new but already bomb scarred while under construction at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was commissioned on 6 July 1942. Of the crew, the Royal Navy contributed the ...

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Japanese Battle-cruiser Kongo

Payne, Alan · Dec 25, 1978 ·

IN 1905 JAPAN, WITH HER VICTORY over the Russian Pacific and Baltic Fleets, had become the major naval power in the Pacific. When HMS Dreadnought was launched in February 1906, ...

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The Ottoman Navy

Grazebrook, A.W., Lietutenant Commander · Sep 7, 1978 ·

IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING their conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Turks had dominated the Mediterranean with their fleets of galleys. For a hundred years they had raged unchecked, subjugating ...

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The Infamous Conduct of Captain William Case and the crew of HMS

A.N. Other · Sep 7, 1978 ·

ON 26 NOVEMBER 1812 HMS Samarang, sloop-of-war commanded by Captain William Case, arrived at Port Jackson from Madras with a quantity of specie in dollars for the use of the ...

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Kelly of the Fighting Fifth Flotilla – A brief history of HMS Kelly

Kelly, Michael J · Sep 7, 1978 ·

‘I NAME THIS SHIP KELLY. May God guide her and guard her and keep all who sail in her’. These words, spoken by Miss Antonia Kelly, were to become so ...

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Fateful Encounter – Sydney and Kormoran

Holmes, L.F. · Sep 7, 1978 ·

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NOVEMBER DAY bathed in warm sunshine and visibility in that part of the Indian Ocean was in Captain Detmers’ own words ‘perfect.’ Approaching Shark Bay south ...

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HMS Illustrious – the first armoured aircraft carrier

Payne, Alan · Jun 7, 1978 ·

THE ORDER FOR THE HERMES – the first British carrier designed as such – was placed in July 1917, and later in the year the Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane, then ...

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HMAS Psyche – 1915

Ricketts, D C · Jun 7, 1978 ·

Mr. Dudley Ricketts was trained in HMAS Tingira and then sent to Williamstown Naval Depot in Victoria in January, 1915, to await draft to a sea going ship. That ship ...

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Captain Steve Arliss RN and HMAS Napier

Becher, O.H., CBE, DSO, DSC, Rear Admiral · Jun 7, 1978 ·

This thumbnail sketch of Captain Steve Arliss, Captain (D), 7th Destroyer Flotilla was prepared by the late Rear-Admiral Becher as a helpful guidance for the Society’s history of the N ...

Captain James Bradshaw RN Extracts from his Journals 1801-1811

Bassett, R.J., Commander, RAN (Rtd) · Jun 7, 1978 ·

IN JULY 1948 whilst I was standing by HMAS Sydney at Devonport Dockyard, I bought a collection of manuscript volumes which had belonged to James Bradshaw and which covered his ...

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James Goodenough, Sailor and Humanitarian 1830 – 1875

Vickridge, G.L.W., Lieutenant, RANR · Mar 25, 1978 ·

‘I HAVE KEPT THE POSSIBILITY STEADILY BEFORE ME, so as to be prepared; it is very good to be brought to look upon a near death as more than usually ...

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HMAS Shropshire: 1928 – 1954

Bridges, Stuart · Mar 25, 1978 ·

In August 1942, a Japanese force surprised the Allies at Savo Island. Amongst the ships sunk was the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra. A month after her loss, the British Government ...

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The Loss of HMS Kelly

Mountbatten, Lord Louis, Earl of Burma · Mar 25, 1978 ·

by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCVO, DSO, FRS. An Extract from an account of the sinking of HMS Kelly in ...

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HMAS Warramunga, the Second of the Australian Built Tribals 1942 – 1963

NHSA Webmaster · Dec 25, 1977 ·

ON THE 7TH OF FEBRUARY 1942 Mrs. Frank Forde, wife of the then Minister for the Army, smashed the traditional bottle of wine across the sharp stem of the ship ...

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A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952

Bracegirdle, Warwick, DSC, Commander, RAN (Rtd) · Dec 25, 1977 ·

(This article was the winner in the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Essay Competition.) IN COPIES OF QUEEN’S REGULATIONS and Admiralty Instructions under the section Ceremonial is a Table of Gun ...

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