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Memorial: HMAS Canberra lost at the Battle of Savo Island

Sinfield, Peter · Sep 10, 2002 ·

Their Excellencies the Governor-General the Right Reverend Doctor Peter Hollingworth AC OBE and Mrs Hollingworth attended the 60th anniversary, Memorial Service in Canberra to commemorate the loss of the first ...

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Naval Action at Darwin – 19 February 1942

Lewis, Tom, AOM, Lieutenant RAN · Jun 9, 2002 ·

Nine ships were lost on the 19th February 1942, seven within Darwin Harbour, and two in waters north of the harbour. Many others were damaged, and in the main, this ...

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HMS Thanet and HMAS Vampire – Malayan Night Action

Francis, Richard · Mar 9, 2002 ·

HMS Thanet was a destroyer of the “S” Class built in 1918 after the end of WWI and on the outbreak of WW2 was stationed with several sister ships with ...

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The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 – Naval Operations

Francis, Richard · Mar 9, 2002 ·

In mid 1941 the British naval defence of the Malayan peninsula comprised a small number of old cruisers and destroyers, all dating from the end of WW I or shortly ...

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Remains of the Kriegsmarine Handed to the Allies – 1945

A.N. Other · Jun 8, 2001 ·

Of the heavy ships only the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and the light cruisers Nurnberg and Leipzig remained afloat (the latter a virtual wreck after being accidentally rammed by Prinz ...

The HMAS Sydney – HSK Kormoran Engagement (November 1941) – Part 2

Nicholson, Ian · Sep 7, 2000 ·

“The first casualty in War is the Truth” Some German naval records relating to the Kormoran fell into British hands at the end of the war in Europe and are ...

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The chase and sinking of the ‘Bismarck’

Patterson, W.R, Captain, RN · Mar 1, 2000 ·

The Commander-in-Chief, having received information that the Bismarck had put to sea, made suitable disposition of the forces at his disposal and sailed in HMS King George V, accompanied by ...

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Loss of HMS Orpheus

Torrington, Reg · Dec 7, 1999 ·

“The Daily Southern Cross “, a newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand, published in the issue of Monday, February 9, 1863 on page 3 the following news item: “Dreadful Calamity Loss ...

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Letters: Inquiry into the Loss of HMAS Sydney – Communications

Eagles, James · Jun 1, 1999 ·

The recent edition of the Naval Historical Review with the single page article on the Inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney, written by Commodore I. H. Nicholson. RAN (Ret’d), ...

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The Tragedy of ‘Q’ Ship HMS Stonecrop – 1917

Auten, Harold, VC, Lieutenant Commander, RN · Mar 6, 1997 ·

In a previous issue of `Review’ (September 1996) we published the success story of the `Q’ ship, HMS ‘Stonecrop’, in WWI. In the `O’ boat service, it was luck which decided the ...

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Q-ship sinks U-boat – HMS Stonecrop – 1917

Blackwood, Henry, Captain, RN · Sep 5, 1996 ·

Captain Downes’s talk in April this year highlighted the less exciting but nonetheless demanding aspects of “Q” ship operations. H.M.S. Stonecrop’s experience in WWI was quite different. Sadly, she herself ...

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Report:HMAS Sydney II-Possible and probable causes of loss

A.N. Other · Mar 1, 1996 ·

The Department of Marine Archaeology, Western Australia has produced a Report No. 104, by W.J. Olsen, investigating the possible and probable causes of the loss of H.M.A.S. “SYDNEY”. It is ...

Leading Seaman Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor (1918-1942)

Swinden, Greg · Dec 1, 1995 ·

Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor was born in Carlton, Victoria on 29 April 1918, one of ten children born to Elsie and George Taylor, and grew up in the Port Melbourne area. ...

Letters: Loss of Lord Kitchener with HMS Hampshire

Letter Writer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

I was very interested in Mr Date’s article, Lord Kitchener Lost with HMS HAMPSHIRE, in the December 1993 “Review”. As many people have considered the sinking of HMS HAMPSHIRE an ...

HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran – Possible and Probable Search Areas

Kirsner, Professor Kim, (UWA) · Mar 12, 1994 ·

[Update from John Date: Following an intimation in the September 1993 issue of our journal NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW by Mike McCarthy, Curator of Maritime Archaeology of the Western Australian Maritime ...

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HMS Hampshire – Loss Of Lord Kitchener

Date, John C., RANVR (Rtd) · Dec 12, 1993 ·

Whilst the tumult and the shouting was continuing over the debacle, or otherwise, of the great Battle of Jutland (31st May, 1916), the British Secretary of War, Field Marshall Horatio ...

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Loss of HMAS Altana – New Years Day 1946

Bulley, W.A. (Bill) · Sep 12, 1992 ·

In the Pacific region during World War II the Royal Australian Navy was caught up in history’s greatest naval conflict in which numerous large sea/air battles were fought. There were ...

Loss of HMAS Canberra – 9 August 1942

Morris, Kenneth N., Surgeon Lieutenant, RAN · Jul 12, 1992 ·

Extract from a letter written by Surgeon Lieutenant Kenneth N. Morris to a medical colleague following the sinking of HMAS CANBERRA on 9th August 1942. (Citation: AWM PR 82/86) “Doubtless ...

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MS Ramses – 1942 – Blockade Runner

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jul 12, 1992 ·

After being sunk whilst serving in HMAS CANBERRA on the night of 9th August, 1942, I took several weeks to return to Australia. Two weeks survivors’ leave followed, then, I ...

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USS Mount Hood – Explosion At Manus Island 1944

Thomson, Max · Jun 11, 1991 ·

What is it about the name Hood? Britain’s renowned 42,000-ton battlecruiser H.M.S. Hood met a fiery wartime fate in mortal combat with the German battleship BISMARCK and cruiser PRINZ EUGEN ...

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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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Ships attacked/sunk – WW2 enemy action on east coast of Australia

Letter Writer · Jun 29, 1990 ·

  SHIP DATE HOW ATTACKED/SUNK CAMBRIDGE* 07.11.40 STRUCK GERMAN MINE NE COAST VIC. CITY OF RAYVILLE* 08.11.40 STRUCK GERMAN MINE NE COAST VIC. NIMBIN* 29.11.40 STRUCK GERMAN MINE OFF PT. ...

Post-War Naval Losses 1945-88

Head, M.A., S.J. · Mar 30, 1990 ·

Most of us have books on our shelves listing losses in various navies during the 1939-45 war. Sometimes we tend to forget that since that war, roughly, countries and groups ...

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The Loss of the SS Ceramic – December 1942

Gordon, John · Sep 16, 1989 ·

This account is written from memory, after reading it in “We Captured a U-Boat” by Rear Admiral Gallery, USN. First published in about 1960. The Ceramic was sunk about 400 ...

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The Entire Convoy was Sunk

Collins, R.A.C., Able Seaman, RAN · Dec 31, 1975 ·

Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...

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