Australian Naval History on 18 March 2003

On This Day · Mar 18, 2003 ·

The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, commits Australian forces to support any action taken by the US led Coalition against Iraq. This commitment was detailed as Operation Falconer. Later in ...

Lloyds Patriotic Swords – further information

A.N. Other · Mar 16, 2003 ·

LLOYDS PATRIOTIC FUND SWORD AT LADY DENMAN MARITIME MUSEUM Further research in the Library of NHSA has discovered a little more of the story behind the presentation of this sword ...

The Raid on Limbang – 1962

Francis, Richard · Mar 16, 2003 ·

The opening engagement by the Royal Navy in the long drawnout Borneo campaign known as Confrontation 1962 – 66, which marked the attempt of Indonesia’s President Sukarno to smother the ...

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HMAS Queenborough – Medivac in the Southern Ocean 1966

van Gelder, Commander John RAN (Rtd) · Mar 16, 2003 ·

During the forenoon of Wednesday 19 October 1966, the weather could only be described as superb. Since departing North Wharf, Melbourne, on Monday morning the weather had been very kind ...

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The Loss of HMS Oxley 1939

Smith, Peter · Mar 16, 2003 ·

With kind permission of the Submarine Association of Australia magazine ‘In Depth’ HMS Oxley was the first British submarine casualty of the War and the circumstances of her loss were ...

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The Lorcha from Macau

Francis, Richard · Mar 16, 2003 ·

THIS TYPE OF VESSEL was once common in the South China Sea during the colonial period of the 19th century, particularly around Macau. The type meant a vessel of hybrid ...

Shadows of Death

Hordern, Marsden · Mar 16, 2003 ·

The early naval surveyors were pioneers of a special breed facing the hazards of an unexplored coastal wilderness. This extract details the lucky escapes of Leut J.L. Stokes RN of HMS ...

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HMS Danae in Adelaide – Christmas 1936

Whitehouse, John · Mar 16, 2003 ·

In 1944/45 John Burfield was Lieutenant in Command HMS Byron, but in 1936 he was a Midshipman aboard HMS Danae. He gave me this account of Christmas in South Australia, ...

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Edward Albert Amphlett – Paymaster RN

Rivett, Norman C · Mar 16, 2003 ·

Born 1828 at Pirton, near Kempsey, Worcester, England. Entered Royal Navy 1842, retired 1888. Died 31 January 1896 at North Sydney, NSW, Australia. THE ROYAL NAVY’S AUSTRALIAN STATION was established ...

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American Plans for Invading New Zealand & Australia – Part2

Nicholls, Bob · Mar 14, 2003 ·

The first part of this article, which appeared in the December 2002 edition, reviewed American plans for the invasion of Auckland and Sydney. This part considers plans for Melbourne and ...

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Australian Naval History on 1 March 2003

On This Day · Mar 1, 2003 ·

The Huon class mine hunter coastal HMAS YARRA, was commissioned. YARRA was laid down in ADI Yard, Newcastle, NSW, and launched on 19 January 2002. ...

Australian Naval History on 22 February 2003

On This Day · Feb 22, 2003 ·

The main body of Clearance Diving Team 3 arrived in Bahrain for service in the Persian Gulf/Iraq, as part of the Australian commitment to Operation Falconer, (the war in Iraq). ...

Australian Naval History on 4 February 2003

On This Day · Feb 4, 2003 ·

HMAS Kanimbla II departed Darwin for her second deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operations BASTILLE and, later, FALCONER ...

Australian Naval History on 23 January 2003

On This Day · Jan 23, 2003 ·

HMAS KANIMBLA, (CMDR D. G. McCourt), departs Sydney for service in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Bastille. The LPA had previously served in the Persian Gulf during the ...

Obituary: Vice Admiral Rodney Graham Taylor, AO RAN Retd

A.N. Other · Dec 15, 2002 ·

Admiral Taylor joined the RAN as a 13 year old junior entry cadet midshipman in 1954. He undertook his initial training at the Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Cerberus, ...

Letters: Lloyds Patriotic Fund Sword

A.N. Other · Dec 15, 2002 ·

LLOYDS PATRIOTIC FUND SWORD AT LADY DENMAN MARITIME MUSEUM Dear Sir, Engraving on the sword reads: “From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to Mr Wm. Pitt Bowler, Midshipman of HM Sloop Swift ...

Lloyds Patriotic Fund Presentation Swords

Francis, Richard · Dec 15, 2002 ·

PRESENTATION SWORDS AS GIFTS OF ESTEEM to deserving officers for brave conduct in the defence of trade and the realm had been a custom in many countries prior to the ...

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Submarine Memories

Selby, Gordon · Dec 15, 2002 ·

ON 1ST JULY 1941 Lieutenant Wanklyn received his promotion to Lieutenant Commander and the Malta based submarines became the 10th Submarine Flotilla. At about the same time I was rated ...

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Darwin’s Floating Dry-Dock

Betty, John G, Lieutenant, RANVR Ret’d · Dec 15, 2002 ·

John Betty submitted this article for the Naval Officer’s Club competition in May 2002. It was awarded second prize. Sadly, he did not live to collect it. Logistics: the art ...

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Service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1940 – 1946

Buckley, Lieutenant N.W. AM RNVR · Dec 15, 2002 ·

A short account of some wartime experiences – Awarded Second Prize, Naval Officers Club Literary Prize 2001 THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in September 1939 caught most people, ...

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U Boat surrender in Loch Eriboll – 8th to 23rd May 1945

Whitehouse, John · Dec 14, 2002 ·

VE DAY, 8TH MAY, was a day of bright sunshine and stiff breezes, and we sailed north through the Minches with the Scottish coast to starboard and the islands of ...

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American Plans for Invading New Zealand & Australia – Part1

Nicholls, Bob · Dec 14, 2002 ·

Preposterous, you say. Not necessarily so. It sometimes seems that the ‘Special Relationship’ between Great Britain (and thus, until quite recently, by extension, Australia) and the United States has existed ...

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