Armed merchant cruisers

Occasional Paper 16: HMAS Australia and Atlantic rescue of Coastal CommandSunderland -1940

A.N. Other · May 17, 2025 ·

By LCDR Mac Gregory RANRetired On Monday 28th October 1940. I was serving as an eighteen year oldMidshipman in HMAS “Australia”, an 8 inch gun cruiser. At that time, ...

German Raiders in the Indian Ocean – 1941

Prior, Russ · Mar 6, 1995 ·

January, 1941 was the month when problems caused by German raiders in the Indian Ocean increased. The famous armed merchant cruisers ATLANTIS and PINGUIN were now joined by the pocket ...

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STUFT-Ships Taken Up From Trade – An historical perspective

A.N. Other · Jun 21, 1990 ·

Our present dependence on Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT) in order to fight a war is nothing new. Going right back to 1588 and beyond, there has hardly been ...

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