The Battle of Sunda Strait was won by Japanese destroyers. In no other action in the Pacific War were their destroyers given the opportunity of using the tactics they had ...
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The Argentine Navy 1849-1974
HIRMS Rynda Arrives
Christmas in the RAN 1944
Christmas 1944 was celebrated in a variety of ways and under widely differing conditions in the RAN. Here are just a few recorded by C. Hermion Gill. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, ...
Commissioned for 69 Days-HMAS Boonaroo
Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE, CB, DLJP 1872-1949
New South Wales Naval Forces
This article appeared in The Navy and Army Illustrated dated 15th October 1897. The New South Wales Naval Brigade was the least developed of the Colonial Navies for the obvious ...
Merchant Ship Losses in Australian Waters in WW2
Forty four Allied merchant vessels were lost by enemy action in Australian waters in World War II. With a total tonnage of 196073 the ships ranged from the 12568 ton ...
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 ...