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For God’s Sake Send Help – They Sent the Navy

A.N. Other · Mar 30, 1975 ·

THE DARWIN DISASTER has been too well covered for us to attempt to document Cyclone Tracy and its tragic aftermath. However, it is this Society’s duty to emphasise that the ...

Naval Actions in the Crimea War – Pictorial

A.N. Other · Mar 16, 1975 ·

The Navy’s role in the Crimea War was in the main support of the armies ashore. However, these operations were not confined to the Black Sea. Squadrons were in action against ...

For Valour- Naval Victoria Crosses of World War II

A.N. Other · Dec 31, 1974 ·

Twenty four Victoria Crosses were won by the Navy in World War II. Eleven of the winners lived and thirteen died in the actions which won them the award. The ...

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The Pusser’s Bus

A.N. Other · Dec 16, 1974 ·

The Seagull V amphibian or Walrus or Pusser’s Bus was the best known aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy in World War Two. Carried by all cruisers this ubiquitous aircraft ...

The 1929 Cruise of Albatross

A.N. Other · Sep 30, 1974 ·

The 1929 cruise of the seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, to New Guinea, New Ireland and New Britain was unique in that it was the first overseas demonstration of Australian naval ...

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HMAS Parramatta: First Born of The Commonwealth Navy

A.N. Other · Sep 30, 1974 ·

The torpedo boat destroyer, HMAS Parramatta, was born of political expediency and twenty years later was saved from scuttling by political expediency. The first ship built for the Royal Australian ...

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Navy’s First Ship to Become City’s Hovermarine Terminal

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 1974 ·

Parramatta was being stripped before being towed to sea as a gunnery target when the State Government conceived the idea of using her and her sister ship Swan as accommodation ...

The Blazing Trail – poem

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 1974 ·

‘Twas on the gallant Quickmatch With crew two hundred bold, To “Dusty” Rhodes the Captain, They were like sheep in fold. The men comprised of fighters, Their homes the Empire ...

HMAS Encounter finds the Raider Seeadler

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 1974 ·

The story of the raider Seeadler has been told many times yet still thrills all who read of her audacity. In this article the disarming of the raider’s gutted hulk ...

Antique Cannon at Garden Island

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 1974 ·

THE 12 CANNON in the Garden Island Collection cover a period of almost four centuries. The earliest, two brass Portuguese pieces believed to have been cast in Spain in the ...

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