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The Victorian Navy

Webb, P · Aug 31, 1972 ·

 Mr. Webb is secretary of the Victorian Chapter of the Naval Historical Society of Australia. He is a well known artist/draughtsman specialising in ships’ drawings and plans. VICTORIA WAS SEPARATED ...

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Captain H. M. L. Waller DSO and BAR, RAN

Owen, Commander P.O.L. · Aug 31, 1972 ·

‘Hector Macdonald Laws Waller will always remain in my mind as one of the very finest types of Australian Naval Officer. Full of good cheer, a great sense of humour, ...

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Two of a Kind – but Different

Millar, Jack · Aug 26, 1972 ·

At frequent intervals a British Freighter, the Port Victor, sails unassumingly into the Port of Melbourne on her workmanlike task of trading regularly between Australia and other world ports. Like ...

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The Battle of the Coral Sea – May 4-8,1942

Australian-American Association · Aug 26, 1972 ·

The Story of the Coral Sea Battle and its Significance. In 1942 Australia’s fate was being decided by the battle of the Coral Sea, the turning-point of the Pacific war. ...

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Old Fighting Ships Began Navy Tradition

Henderson, Captain C.W. · Aug 19, 1972 ·

Whatever happened to those famous old fighting ships of World War I? Captain Henderson, a former Sydney pilot and a historian of note, draws on nostalgic memories in tracing the ...

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HMAS Parramatta – the RAN’s First Fighting Ship

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

HMAS PARRAMATTA, the first fighting ship of the Royal Australian Navy. PARRAMATTA now [Ed. August 1972] rusts on the mud flats above Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River but in the next ...

HMAS Sydney in the North Sea

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

The four photographs in this series are from the collection of Rear Admiral G. B. Moore, C.B.E. HMAS SYDNEY operated in the North Sea in the last years of World ...

Shenandoah at Port Melbourne, 1865

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

The arrival of five American ships including the Confederate raider SHENANDOAH in early 1865 startled the residents of Port Melbourne. The raider’s visit triggered an international crisis and involved the British Government in ...

HMS Orlando at Cockatoo Dock – 1887

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

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British Pacific Fleet- 1945

A.N. Other · Aug 13, 1972 ·

336 ships… 300 aircraft… Battleships DUKE OF YORK (C-in-C, BPF): Capt. A. D. Nicholl, CBE, DSO KING GEORGE V (VA 2 in C): Capt. B. B. Schofield, CBE ANSON: Capt. ...

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