Captain Max Hinchcliffe subtitled this talk as ‘bits and pieces, odds and ends’. It is an entertainingly personal account of his early years in the RAN, beginning as a young ...
Early Colonial Craft — the first surprising 25 years
Mr Vaughn Evans presents an in-depth study of the vessels built in the colony between 1788 and 1811, and he has unearthed some unusual facts. During the late-18th century and ...
Airships and Zeppelins: their design construction, usage and fate
Mr Ron Cooper, a member of the Aviation Historical Society, gives a wide-ranging overview of airships, Zeppelins, blimps, their design and construction, and the confusions surrounding these iconic aircraft. An airship is ...
The Saga of the Amethyst and the Yangtse Incident
Lieutenant Commander Laurence R. Consadine served in the destroyer HMS Consort in 1949, at the time of the ‘ Yangstse Incident’. This involved the Royal Navy ships HMS Amethyst, HMS Consort, HMS London, and HMS Black Swan on the Yangtze River for three ...
The four funnel cruisers of the Royal Australian Navy
Mr John Bastok traces the career of the 4 four funnel cruisers of the RAN. In 1913 the battle cruiser HMAS Australia was escorted into Sydney Harbour by two of these light ...