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HMAS Australia I

Commander Frederick Campbell Darley 1886 – 1926

Swinden, Greg · Jun 28, 2017 ·

Frederick Campbell Darley was born at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW on 12 February 1886, the eldest child of Cecil West Darley (Public Works Engineer) and Constance Leila Annette Darley (nee ...

Letter: Picket Boats

Letter Writer · Sep 20, 2015 ·

This letter was received from our ever helpful member Leyland Wilkinson who has recently moved from the Central Coast to Grafton.   As always the recent issue (June 2015) of ...

Occasional Paper 130: Our First Fleet Commander – Admiral Sir George Patey

Walter Burroughs · Mar 23, 2015 ·

By Walter Burroughs  A summary of this paper was presented at a conference held from 30 September to 01 October 2014 at the Universidad Andres Bello, Chile on the maritime ...

HMAS Encounter (1905 – 1932)

Temp Author · Jan 5, 2015 ·

HMS Encounter served on the Australia Station and was later commissioned into the RAN. She played a vital role in defence of the eastern coast of Australia, and the anti raider patrols in the South West Pacific. She was regarded as “more beloved than any other unit of our fleet”. ...

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

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 2014 ·

By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods, RAN  This article was presented by the author at the Anglo-German Naval Race and WWI at Sea Conference held at Portsmouth, England in July 2014. ...

Australian Sailors at Zeebrugge, 1918

Periodical, Semaphore · Sep 10, 2010 ·

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the March, 2007 issue of Semaphore, the newsletter of the Sea Power Centre of Australia.  We are grateful for their ongoing permission to ...

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Australian Navy and the 1909 Imperial Conference on Defence

Periodical, Semaphore · Dec 21, 2009 ·

This article originally appeared in the July, 2009 edition of Semaphore published by the Sea Power Centre, Australia. A century ago, Australia’s Navy, such as it was, seemed in poor ...

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The Australians at Jutland

Swinden, Greg · Sep 21, 2009 ·

The Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 was the major naval battle of World War I.  For a few short hours on that day the British Grand Fleet and ...

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HMAS Australia – A ship for a nation

Stevens, David · Sep 5, 2008 ·

‘There would be an element of tragedy in such an end to any ship; but when the ship represents as much, and suggests as much, as the Australia does, the ...

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The RAN Band Ashore And Afloat

Periodical, Semaphore · Mar 5, 2008 ·

This article was first published in Semaphore, published by the Seapower Centre in 2007, and appears here with their kind permission. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Band is a ceremonial unit ...

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