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Some notes on identification of naval guns

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 1982 ·

NOW THAT THE SOCIETY is compiling a record of naval relics around Australia it might be an idea to pass on a few tips that may help positive identification of ...

Bastock, John – Naval Artist & Writer

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 1982 ·

WHEN ONE ENTERS THE WARDROOM of the FFG HMAS Adelaide the first object to catch one’s eye is a fine painting of the cruiser Adelaide in 1944 in her wartime ...

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The Navy in New Guinea in 1914

A.N. Other · Oct 30, 1982 ·

ON THE 11TH SEPTEMBER 1914, Lieutenant R.G. Bowen, RAN, with 25 men of the left half company of No. 6 Company of the Naval Battalion of the Australian Naval & ...

The Supermarine Seagull V

A.N. Other · Oct 30, 1982 ·

TO REPLACE THE SEAGULL III AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT that were carried in the seaplane carrier Albatross a more robust unit was required. Being of wooden construction, the Seagull III was not ...

I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 6-Conclusion )

Zammitt, Alan · Oct 25, 1982 ·

ON 21ST OCTOBER, six Sea Furies attacked the suspected invasion junks, sinking 7 and damaging 15. Two Sea Furies were detailed to assist HMAS Murchison negotiate shallow water hazards which ...

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Sleuth – A Pretty Little Ship

A.N. Other · Oct 23, 1982 ·

THERE ARE VERY FEW SHIPS AFLOAT that served in the Great War of 1914-18, and in Australia possibly the only one is a small fishing boat now under repair in ...

The Calliope Dry Dock Pictorial

A.N. Other · Oct 20, 1982 ·

On the 16th February 1888, HMS CALLIOPE led HMS DIAMOND into the newly completed dry dock at Calliope Point on Auckland’s north shore. This dock is still in use today ...

Preserved Naval Relics

A.N. Other · Oct 3, 1982 ·

A REGISTER OF NAVAL RELICS is being prepared by the Victorian Chapter of the Society, and when completed will be a very lengthy document. It is quite surprising where relics ...

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Family Saga -The Westons & The Johnstons – 1764 Onwards

Weston, Bert E. · Jun 30, 1982 ·

FROM TIME TO TIME the Naval Historical Review has featured the biography of some officer, living or dead, who had reached high rank and was noted for his service in ...

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I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 5)

Zammitt, Alan · Jun 25, 1982 ·

CROSSING THE BAY OF BISCAY Sydney ran into bad weather, losing the starboard lower boom, and the canopies of the starboard motor boats being stove in. In the Mediterranean we ...

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Occasional Paper 170: The Eight Inch Gun Relining Programme

A.N. Other · Jun 5, 1982 ·

The QF 12 pounder 8 cwt Naval Field Gun

A.N. Other · Jun 1, 1982 ·

TO THOSE MEMBERS who are interested in the formation of the Ceremonial Field Gun Battery, and for those who have seen the Royal Navy’s field gun competition, the following notes ...

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HMNZS Irirangi – NZ Naval Base

Tonson, A.E. · Jun 1, 1982 ·

THE ENTRY OF THE JAPANESE into the war in 1941 brought unexpected communication problems for New Zealand, for there had previously been no major war in the South Pacific region. ...

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SS Pruth – The Moresby Wreck

Piper, Robert Kendall · Mar 30, 1982 ·

AN AURA OF MYSTERY has often surrounded the shipwreck on the reef off Moresby’s Ela Beach. Some rumours had her as a German raider which ran aground in the first ...

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I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 4)

Zammitt, Alan · Mar 25, 1982 ·

THE KANIMBLA SAILED from Devonport on September 9th, called at Gibraltar, and arrived at Genoa, Italy, to embark displaced persons who were being brought to Australia to make a new ...

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Coal Ship — A Memory

Stevens, Cliff · Mar 5, 1982 ·

COALING SHIP is now a thing of the past, a forgotten evolution, but fifty years ago it was a much too frequent task. In this story, Cliff Stevens recalls the ...

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Spitfire – The First Australian Built Warship

Straczek, J.H., Sub-Lieutenant, RAN · Dec 31, 1981 ·

SINCE THE FORMATION of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911 hundreds of Australian built ships have served under the White Ensign, ships ranging in size and types from small Channel ...

The Northern Patrol

Gillett, Ross · Dec 28, 1981 ·

A MAJOR PROBLEM faced by Australian missions and pearling interests in the years prior to the outbreak of the Pacific war in December 1941 was the multitude of Japanese fishing ...

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The Fletcher Class Destroyers

NHSA Webmaster · Dec 28, 1981 ·

IN HIS BOOK “DESTROYERS“, Antony Preston refers to the Fletchers as ‘The Magnificent Fletchers’, and this is a very fitting description indeed. One would have to be an absolute bigot ...

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I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 3)

Zammitt, Alan · Dec 25, 1981 ·

THE AUSTRALIA CONTINUED HER REFIT at Garden Island until May 1947. The ship’s company was greatly reduced, but there was always a reasonable number living on board. Harry Adlam left ...

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Formation of the Royal New Zealand Navy

Tonson, A.E. · Sep 28, 1981 ·

TO UNDERSTAND how the Royal New Zealand Navy came into being it is necessary to look back to World War I and the preceding years, and to follow through the ...

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NZS Amokura – New Zealand’s First Training Ship

A.N. Other · Sep 28, 1981 ·

LITTLE IS KNOWN in Australia of Amokura, being a training ship operated by the New Zealand Government from 1905 until 1921, but by her former name of HMS Sparrow she ...

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Naval Hardware – Breech Loaders (Part2)

A.N. Other · Sep 28, 1981 ·

AFTER THE UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE of the Armstrong screw breech, a retrograde step was taken in returning to the Rifled Muzzle Loading system for the guns of both sea and land ...

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I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 2)

Zammitt, Alan · Sep 25, 1981 ·

BY 1943 THE TIDE HAD TURNED against the Japanese and Australia was in action supporting landings at Arawe and Cape Gloucester in December of that year. In February 1944 Australia ...

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The Last Man on Anzac

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 1981 ·

THE HONOUR OF BEING THE LAST MAN on Anzac in 1915 seems to go to a naval rating, now living in Sydney. His name is Charlie Hooper, and this year ...

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