Commander Alliston is well fitted to speak of Australian ships and Australian seamen. On 15th June 1941 while commanding HMS Javelin he went to the aid of HMAS Nestor, fatally ...
Ship histories and stories
HMAS Quiberon
WHEN MR. MENZIES WAS IN BRITAIN in early 1941 it was suggested to him that the RAN should man the remaining three ‘N’ Class destroyers to make up a full ...
HMAS Cape Leeuwin
Ship Badges – Royal Australian Navy
HIRMS Rynda Arrives
Commissioned for 69 Days-HMAS Boonaroo
HMAS Bendigo – New Guinea 1942
White Lady of the North – HMAS Moresby
At the end of World War II most of the older small ships of the RAN, which had served valiantly in peace and war, were disposed of. At this time ...
Pacific Chase
Sydney’s Walrus in battle with three Italian fighters
IN RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE ‘Pusser’s Bus’ which appeared in the December issue, Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, Sydney’s Captain in the Mediterranean, writes: ‘I feel sure that Sydney’s Walrus should ...