HMS Barham

Obituary: Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot KBE AO (1922-2001)

A.N. Other · Dec 9, 2001 ·

Born at Corowa, NSW and educated at Geelong Grammar School. Anthony Synnot joined the RAN as a cadet midshipman in 1939 as a Special Entry and trained in Britain with Prince ...

Obituary: Ian Hunter McDonald RAN (1915-1996)

A.N. Other · Mar 6, 1997 ·

On 25 November 1996, 55 years to the day of the sinking of HMS Barham, in which he was serving and when 862 of his shipmates lost their lives, Captain ...

Occasional Paper 187: HMAS Australia – the 1940 Dakar Debacle

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 12, 1993 ·

In September 1940 I was eighteen and had already served as a Midshipman in H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA for over a year. We had been attached to the Home Fleet based in ...

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HMS Barham – Survivors Account Of Sinking

McDonald, I.H., Captain, RAN (Ret) · Jun 11, 1991 ·

It is just over 49 years since H.M.S. BARHAM was torpedoed by U.331 and lost off the Western Desert of Egypt – off Sollum and Sidi Barrani. She was the ...

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Australian Naval Aviation – Part 3

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Mar 31, 1974 ·

In the third part of his story on Australian Naval Aviation, Group Captain Isaacs discusses the merits of the Sopwith Ship’s Strutter and the Sopwith Ship’s Camel, aircraft that played ...

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