Rewritten by George Hicks from an article published by Lew Lind in the magazine Garden Island, January/February, 1970 HMAS Tarakan Type: General Purpose Vessel [ex-Landing Ship (Tank), LST3 Class] Pendant
...
Dear Editors, Two quite enthralling packages came to me last week – one from Morton PA in America and the other from Anchorage, Alaska USA – all as a result
...
I was Lieutenant RANR(S) in HMAS Hobart, when seriously injured, saved by being wrapped in the fold of the steel deck in the Wardroom when torpedoed on 20th July 1943.
...
I read M.A. Head’s article Up With a Bang, NHR December 1989, with interest, including the quote from the fictitious Commander James Bond, RN. For a number of logical reasons,
...
There is no more frightening end to a warship than the sudden death of the internal explosion. One moment a ship can be lying quietly in harbour and the next,
...
