Australian Naval History on 13 March 2007

On This Day · Mar 13, 2007 ·

HMAS Gladstone II decommissioned ...

Book Review: The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, RN

Book reviewer · Mar 4, 2007 ·

The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy. By Peter Ashley. Published by Pierhead Press, England. rrp A$22.00. Reviewed by Dave Rickard The author, Peter Ashley, has spent nearly four decades ...

U-859 – From Germany to Penang

Wright, Ken · Mar 4, 2007 ·

By May 1943, Germany had lost the U-boat war in the Atlantic. U-boat losses had reached an intolerable level with the loss of 38 U-boats for May alone. The Allies ...

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Singapore Naval Base – Origin and Evolution

Periodical, RNZN Navy Today · Mar 4, 2007 ·

The warships of Commonwealth Navies regularly visit Singapore, berthed alongside the ANZUK wharf to undertake routine maintenance. This wharf was originally the Stores Basin area of HM Naval Base, built ...

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HMS Invincible – A Flawed Design

Haigh, Gideon · Mar 4, 2007 ·

The Bulletin, Friday, December 22, 2006 ‘It was hailed a century ago as a revolution in battleship design, but tragedy awaited the Invincible as the mists lifted in the Battle ...

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Georgetown, Guiana – The Riots of February 1962

Pfennigwerth, Ian · Mar 4, 2007 ·

The four Type 15 frigates of the Dartmouth Training Squadron were berthed in Bridgetown, Barbados as part of their West Indies cruise, and the RN cadets and RAN and RN ...

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A Naval Career in Clearance Diving – Jake Linton

Linton, E.W. (Jake), BEM, MCD, Commander, RAN (Rtd) · Mar 4, 2007 ·

It was late 1954, I was 19 years old, married, an Able Seaman employed as a Main Gate Sentry at Naval Headquarters at Potts Point, not making enough money to ...

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The Battle of the Atlantic – Contribution by Code Breakers

Keegan, John · Mar 4, 2007 ·

Editor’s Note: In 2006, the Review published an article tracing the history of HMAS Rushcutter during the period 1939-45, when that establishment was the primary A/S training school throughout the ...

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Australian Naval History on 3 March 2007

On This Day · Mar 3, 2007 ·

The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS BUNDABERG was commissioned at Bundaberg, Queensland. ...

Australian Naval History on 10 February 2007

On This Day · Feb 10, 2007 ·

The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS BROOME was commissioned at Broome, Western Australia. ...

Australian Naval History on 2 February 2007

On This Day · Feb 2, 2007 ·

HMAS Dubbo II decommissioned ...

Letters: Followup on Disappearance of AE1

Letter Writer · Dec 3, 2006 ·

I was very interested in reading about the disappearance of the AE1 submarine without a trace in 1914. I have an idea that it may have been sucked down by ...

Book Review: Shadow Voyage – Escape of the SS Bremen

Book reviewer · Dec 3, 2006 ·

Shadow Voyage – The Extraordinary Wartime Escape of the Legendary SS Bremen, by Peter Huchthausen, Published by John Wiley Reviewed by Ian Pfennigwerth In July 1929 the new Nord-Deutscher Lloyd ...

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Leadership: Vice Admiral Nagumo & the Third Wave Decision

Thomas, Mitchell, Midshipman, RAN · Dec 3, 2006 ·

Royal Australian Naval College New Entry Officers’ Course History Essay – Prizewinner INTRODUCTION: ‘But for chance and a critical loss of nerve by the Japanese commander (author’s emphasis), the attack on ...

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Christmases Past …

A.N. Other · Dec 3, 2006 ·

1776 Captain James Cook with HM ships Resolution and Discovery, arrived at Kerguelen or Desolation Island and named it after Capitan de Kerguelen, the French navigator. 1789 Entry in New ...

HM Barque Endeavour Replica: Around the Horn 2002

Ellis, John · Dec 3, 2006 ·

(with apologies to Kenneth Horne et al) – by John Ellis (Member) The author was a volunteer member of the crew of HM Barque Endeavour on passage from Sydney to ...

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Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle 1941

Captain Peter Hore, RN · Dec 3, 2006 ·

Ninety two year old Baron Reinhold von Malapert is today the senior surviving officer of the German raider Kormoran and as Radio Officer he had a grandstand view of the ...

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