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Submarines before Oberon Submarines before Oberon and their Significance for the Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

 By Midshipman John Lee This essay, which won the Naval Historical Society history prize in 2010, has been purposely held back for inclusion in this edition of our magazine which ...

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Nuclear Submarines not an Option for Australia

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

By Hans J. Ohff After a career in engineering and commerce, Hans Ohff took an interest in economic history to earn his PhD from the University of Adelaide. He regards ...

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Tails of Mice and Men

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

When the Prince of Wales, later King George V, inspected the Submarine Flotilla in March 1904 and undertook a dive in an ‘A’ boat he was first presented to the ...

Submarine Duty 1918

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

By the late Captain W.J. Cowling, as told by his daughter Mrs C.M. Wood. At the beginning of WWI the Royal Navy (RN) had 70 submarines in commission, which was ...

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Newcastle Maritime Centre

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

Australia is well blessed by a number of small maritime museums but as these are on our doorsteps they are often overlooked. We have asked the curators of a number ...

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Letter: Fred Dawson

Editorial Staff · Sep 4, 2011 ·

One of our members, Fred Dawson of Nowra, has written pointing out a few errors in articles contained in the March 2011 edition of the Review (Vol 32 No 1). ...

From Submersibles to SWUP: The First Seventy-five years of Submarines in Australian Defence and Naval Policy

Goldrick, James, Commodore, RAN · Sep 4, 2011 ·

The following article comprises the 2011 Creswell Oration address delivered by Rear Admiral James Goldrick, AM, CSC, RAN to the Navy League of Australia at Melbourne in March of this ...

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Book Review: Seamanship and Scouting for Boys

Book reviewer · Sep 3, 2011 ·

We are only reviewing one book, a history of Sea Scouting. This volume is extremely well written by an author who has spent a lifetime involved in Sea Scouting and ...

A Retrospective of the Collins Class Submarines

A.N. Other · Sep 3, 2011 ·

By Commander Andy Millar CSC RAN Rtd Andy Millar is dual qualified as a submariner and anti-submarine specialist who was intimately involved with the submarine project since its inception in ...

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“FORCE H” and Naval Signalman Basil Box

Editorial Staff · Sep 3, 2011 ·

A previous article by Vince Fazio in our June 2011 edition concerned the involvement of HMAS Australia with Vichy French forces off Dakar. Australia had been sent as a late ...

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Obituary: Bob Nicholls – A Tribute

Pfennigwerth, Ian · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Only a few of us are fortunate enough to live a life as interesting and as varied as did Bob Nicholls, who died suddenly on 10 March 2011. Born in ...

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Bob Nicholls – A Tribute

Pfennigwerth, Ian · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Only a few of us are fortunate enough to live a life as interesting and as varied as did Bob Nicholls, who died suddenly on 10 March 2011. Born in ...

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Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules (3.3.1901 – 5.5.2011) – The last veteran of two World Wars

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Claude Choules was the last known combat veteran living in Australia who had served in both world wars. When he died recently, in Western Australia, our last tangible link with ...

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Letter: Garden Island Chapel

Letter Writer · Jun 14, 2011 ·

I read with some interest the review of Norm Rivett’s History of the Garden Island Chapel. The reviewer makes mention of there being three of the RAN’s (Fleet) Colours laid ...

Letters: The Navy and a yacht race

Letter Writer · Jun 14, 2011 ·

I refer to the article The Navy and a Yacht Race in the December 2010 Review. I would like to correct your information regarding Rani’s construction. As stated she was ...

Book Review: Waterline Warships

Book reviewer · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Waterline Warships by Philip Read. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley (UK) The author is a professional model maker who has been commissioned to build a static waterline model of the Ca class ...

Book Review: Australia’s Fighting Ships

Smith, John, Cmdr, RAN (RTD) · Jun 14, 2011 ·

 Australia’s Fighting Ships – A Century of War & Peace by Ross Gillett. Published by Topmill Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2011. Available in both a limited edition hard cover at $49.95 ...

The great Queensland floods of 1893 and HMQ Ships Gayundah and Paluma

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 2011 ·

A previous edition of this magazine reported on the recent (2011) Queensland floods and the refloating in dry dock of the ex HMAS Diamantina. The great Queensland flood of 1893 ...

Commercial trawlers in Two Wars

Andrews, Grahame, (Honorary Life Member) · Jun 14, 2011 ·

During the Falklands War in the early 1980s the warring navies of Great Britain and Argentina quickly called upon merchant shipping to pad out their naval capacity. In Great Britain, ...

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Supply Chief Petty Officer Louis Nicholas Sampson (1907-1941)

Swinden, Greg · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Louis Nicholas ‘Sam’ Sampson born at St Peters, Adelaide on 30 September 1907 was the eldest child of Nicholas and Olive Sampson. In his early childhood he lived at Crystal ...

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HMAS Nirimba: The importance of embracing and adapting to change

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 2011 ·

 (The Naval Historical Society provides annual prizes for the winner and runners up of a naval history essay on topics set by HMAS Creswell for New Entry Officer Courses. SBLT ...

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The Great Depression and the Navy

Nicholls, Bob · Jun 14, 2011 ·

The worldwide Global Financial Crisis which originated in the United States in 2007 and the Australian reaction to it is still fresh in most peoples’ minds. The description of the ...

The British Navy Between the Wars

Goldrick, James, Commodore, RAN · Jun 14, 2011 ·

(A lecture delivered to the naval history course of the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy) FAILURE The popular picture of British strategy and the ...

The First Hundred Years

Gillett, Ross · Jun 14, 2011 ·

We gratefully acknowledge the following article which is taken from the author’s new book “Australia’s Fighting Ships”, published in April 2011 by Topmill Pty Ltd. On 10 July 2011 the ...

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Australasian Naval Forces and Commonwealth Naval Forces

Swinden, Greg · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Firstly let me explain that the Australasian Naval Forces (ANF) and the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and vice versa, are not the same thing. Following Federation in 1901 the various ...

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