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Occasional Paper 168: The Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War: 1943

Editorial Staff · Jul 31, 2023 ·

Eighty years ago, in 1943 the tide of the war in the Pacific was at last turning for the better. After four long years of war and significant RAN ship ...

Roylen Cruises and their fleet of Fairmiles

A.N. Other · Dec 29, 2021 ·

By Walter Burroughs  A visit to an Opportunity Shop browsing through other people’s junk is often time wasting. And so it was while wasting time that an unwanted, ubiquitous, one-dollar ...

Clearance of Contact Moored Mines by Wire Sweeps

Turner, Mike · Dec 24, 2019 ·

By Mike Turner  It is difficult to obtain accurate numbers for the total number of sea mines that have been laid, but the estimate is about 900,000, of which about ...

A Christmas Story

Editorial Staff · Dec 22, 2019 ·

The naval service of Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Huson Christmas RANVR was for a relatively short time and this was mostly overseas. His story is historically interesting but misfortune follows ...

AK 121 Aroetta

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2017 ·

 A previous edition of this magazine (March 2017) outlined the exploits of HDML 1321 and favourably mentioned her commanding officer, Lieutenant Ambrose Palmer, RANR. This article explores an earlier career of ...

Harbour Defence Motor Launches, Seaward Defence Motor Launches & Seaward Defence Boats

Editorial Staff · Jun 29, 2017 ·

Wooden Ships and Iron Men – unofficial motto of RAN HDMLs1 The March 2017 edition of this magazine contained an article HDML 1321 and what she represents which states that after ...

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