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WWI operations

Action of Cape Spada – 19 July 1940

D. Stratton · Aug 22, 2021 ·

Plan for operations against enemy submarines and shipping in the Aegean. On 18 July 1940, four destroyers departed Alexandria for an anti-submarine hunt towards the Kaso Strait and then along ...

Bombardment of Bardia, 21 June 1940.

D. Stratton · Aug 22, 2021 ·

Operation MD 3 Bombardment of Bardia, 21 June 1940. An Allied force sailed on 20 June 1940 to carry out operation MD 3, the object was to destroy military objectives ...

Occasional Paper 91: Invidious Choices – The German East Asia Squadron and the RAN in the Pacific, August to December 1914

A.N. Other · Oct 6, 2020 ·

By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods RAN This paper was first published by the Australian Naval Institute online and in an abbreviated form the by the UK Naval Review and by ...

Letter from Frederick Merrill RAN on the sinking of the S.M.S. Königsberg

D. Stratton · Jul 11, 2020 ·

Butcher, 2nd Class Frederick Priest Merrill, R.A.N., H.M.A.S. Pioneer, wrote to his parents in Sheffield with his account of the sinking of the S.M.S. Königsberg in the Rufiji delta, German ...

The Royal Australian Navy in World War One

David Michael · Apr 22, 2020 ·

The following note was provided by Captain Sean Andrews, RAN Director of the Sea Power Centre -Australia.  Thanks also for the link to a short film made by the Sea ...

Occasional Paper 59: Francis James Ranken

A.N. Other · Jul 6, 2019 ·

July 2019 Early Career Francis James Ranken was born in 1864 at ‘Saltram’, Eglinton, near Bathurst. He was the eldest son of James Australian Ranken and was educated at All ...

Occasional Paper 55: Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14

Editorial Staff · Jun 17, 2019 ·

June 2019 The following story is of an Australian Able Seaman whom some military historians believe should have been awarded the Victoria Cross for his courage and compassion while under ...

Scapa Flow Revisited

Walter Burroughs · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By Walter Burroughs The name Scapa Flow was synonymous with naval operations in both world wars as a safe anchorage for vast fleets seeking to control access to the seaborne ...

Book Review: THE LAST CRUISE OF A GERMAN RAIDER   –  THE DESTRUCTION OF SMS EMDEN

Book reviewer · Dec 10, 2018 ·

THE LAST CRUISE OF A GERMAN RAIDER   –  THE DESTRUCTION OF SMS EMDEN by Wes Olson. Seaforth Publishing, Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, United Kingdom, 2018. Hard Cover, 274 Pages, ...

The Emden Guns

A.N. Other · Dec 10, 2018 ·

By Wes Olson When the small German cruiser SMS Emden was destroyed by HMAS Sydney at the Cocos-Keeling Islands on 9 November 1914 the British Admiralty was presented with a unique opportunity ...

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