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HMAS Moresby I

Letter: The Moresby Disc at Somerset

Letter Writer · Sep 2, 2019 ·

As this edition of the Review contains an in-depth article on Cape York and Somerset it is opportune to include this discussion point. An example of one of the many ...

The Moresbys and Norfolk Island

Doyle, J.J., A.M, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Sep 3, 2006 ·

HMAS Moresby was named for Admiral John Moresby, RN. It was the third ship to carry that name; the first, HMS Moresby, a World War I destroyer, had the distinction ...

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Last Link With HMAS YARRA Gone

Swinden, Greg · Sep 27, 2005 ·

On 23 July 2005, Mrs Molly McLean (the widow of LCDR R W Rankin, RAN) passed away in Charters Towers, QLD. She was 92 years old. Molly was born Mary ...

Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN

Rosenweig, Paul A. · Sep 8, 2003 ·

ON TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2002, a commemorative service was held in Darwin to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Before the Cenotaph, former Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen ...

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Letters – Japanese surrender in Timor

Thomson, Max · Sep 18, 1998 ·

There was a uniqueness about the RAN involvement in the Japanese surrender ceremonies in Timor, raised in Peter Evans’s (Fairmile Association) letter in REVIEW Vol 19 No. 2 when he ...

Letters – The Pathos of Palawan

Evans, P. · Jun 27, 1998 ·

As usual Max Thomson has entertained us with an interesting story ‘The Pathos of Palawan’ (Vol. 19, No. 1, (January) 1998). Although not part of the main story, he touches ...

Obituary: Geoffrey Ingleton 1908-1998

Newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald · Jun 27, 1998 ·

One of Australia’s foremost maritime historians, Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Ingleton RAN (Ret.), who has died aged 89, was also an accomplished marine artist and etcher, and a fine cartographer. Geoffrey ...

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The Last Chapter of HMAS Moresby II

Hanlon, Michael, Lt. Commander, RAN · Mar 7, 1998 ·

The first page of the last chapter has just turned over as 1997 will be the final year for HMAS MORESBY (II). She is due to pay off in November ...

Biography of Lieutenant Commander R.W. Rankin RAN, and the loss of HMAS Yarra

Swinden, Greg · Sep 11, 1994 ·

“In the early morning of the 4th March, 1942 the following ships of the No. 2 Fleet were cruising in the area Latitude South 12° 15′ Longitude East 1100 10′; ...

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Lieutenant-Commander R.W. Rankin of HMAS Yarra

A.N. Other · Jun 12, 1993 ·

On 14th August, 1992, shortly after HMAS CRESWELL’S annual Passing Out Parade, Miss Trish Rankin presented her father’s medals to Captain C.S.H. Harrington, RAN, Commanding Officer of HMAS CRESWELL. Fifty ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral H.A.S SHOWERS, CBE

A.N. Other · Sep 11, 1991 ·

With his death an historic link with the beginning of the RAN has been severed as Rear Admiral H.A. Showers, CBE was the last survivor of the first entry of ...

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HMAS Moresby, Survey Ship

A.N. Other · Mar 23, 1984 ·

HMS SILVIO was one of four World War I Royal Navy Minesweepers converted to Survey Ships in 1922-25. Sister ships were Iroquois, Ormonde and Herald. In 1925 Silvio was lent ...

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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Corvette Maryborough 1941-1946

Harvey K · Jun 23, 1980 ·

HMAS MARYBOROUGH was built by Walker’s Ltd at Maryborough, Queensland and commissioned by Lieutenant Commander G. L. Cant, RAN on 15th June, 1941. Known as the Bathurst class of mine-sweepers, ...

First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Oct 31, 1977 ·

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER1 emerged from the 1914-18 war as a major weapon of war, it was inevitable that the Royal Australian Navy – with the largest island continent in ...

The RAN in Antarctic Waters

Vickridge, G.L.W., Lieutenant, RANR · Jan 30, 1972 ·

PRIOR TO 1911, AUSTRALIAN INVOLVEMENT in Antarctic exploration was limited to providing a jumping-off point for many of the expeditions. The first truly Australian venture was led by Douglas Mawson ...

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Australian Naval History on 14 March 1946

David Stratton · Mar 14, 1946 ·

HMAS Moresby paid off and on 3 February 1947 she was sold for breaking up to Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd. She was subsequently scrapped at Newcastle, NSW ...

Australian Naval History on 3 October 1945

David Stratton · Oct 3, 1945 ·

HMAS Gympie, in company with HMA Ships Moresby, Hawkesbury (I), Katoomba and Gladstone, were present at Koepang in Portuguese Timor for the surrender of the 48th Japanese Division. A naval ...

Australian Naval History on 11 September 1945

On This Day · Sep 11, 1945 ·

Japanese forces on Timor signed the surrender document on board HMAS MORESBY, (survey vessel/escort). ...

Australian Naval History on 7 September 1945

David Stratton · Sep 7, 1945 ·

The sloop HMAS Moresby (I), accompanied by ten other Australian warships (including HMAS Parkes) and two Dutch vessels, sailed from Darwin to conduct the ceremony of surrender of all Japanese ...

Australian Naval History on 11 April 1943

On This Day · Apr 11, 1943 ·

The Japanese submarine I-177 torpedoed the Yugoslav merchant ship RECINA, 19 miles off Cape Howe. Nine survivors were picked up by HMAS MORESBY, (survey ship). The minesweeper HMAS PIRIE, (LCDR ...

Australian Naval History on 8 June 1942

On This Day · Jun 8, 1942 ·

HMA Ships ARUNTA, KALGOORLIE, ROCKHAMPTON, DOOMBA, MORESBY, BINGERA, YANDRA, KYBRA, and WHYALLA were assigned to convoy escort duties from Sydney as a result of the Japanese raid on Sydney Harbour. ...

Australian Naval History on 3 September 1939

On This Day · Sep 3, 1939 ·

The ‘Declaration of war on Germany’ was issued. The Imperial war telegram was received in Canberra at 2150. It read; ‘Total Germany, repeat, total Germany’. At 2115 in a radio ...

Australian Naval History on 20 June 1925

On This Day · Jun 20, 1925 ·

The surveying vessel, HMAS MORESBY (CAPT J. Edgell, RN), a former 24 class convoy sloop HMS SILVIO, was commissioned into the RAN in the UK. Moresby sailed from England for ...

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