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I Name this Ship….

A.N. Other · Mar 24, 2022 ·

By Mary White The following article is taken from the July 1948 edition of The Navy magazine and is reproduced by kind permission of the Editor. The parish of St. ...

The Missing DDG

A.N. Other · Mar 22, 2016 ·

By John Smith A question was recently posed why hull number 40 is not used by HMA Ships. The DDGs Perth 38, Hobart 39 and Brisbane 41 are to be followed by the ...

The Naming of RAN Ships

Periodical, Sea Power Centre · Jun 21, 2010 ·

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Newsletter of the Sea Power Centre – Australia, dated February, 2007. We are grateful for the Centre’s permission to publish the article. ...

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Letters – Royal Navy Trawlers

Letter Writer · Jun 27, 1998 ·

I noticed in a past issue some correspondence from member J. Simm, J.P. regarding RN trawlers named after the cricketers `Bradman’ and ‘Hammond’. There were a number of trawlers so ...

The Naming of USS Canberra (Follow-up Article)

Bradford, John · Mar 6, 1997 ·

I read with interest the file correspondence on the naming of the USN Cruiser, the USS Canberra in the September 96 issue. In June 1994 while at US Naval Institute ...

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The Naming of USS “Canberra” – 1942

Hobden, D.T. · Sep 5, 1996 ·

The following correspondence is self-evident and highlights the warm relationship between the USN and the RAN during WWII. Canberra Dated September 1, 1942 Recd 9:43 a.m., 2nd Secretary of State, ...

Background to Names and Words to Describe Ships and Boats

Lancaster, John · Mar 5, 1996 ·

(‘He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime.’ Old proverb.) It is sometimes difficult for Guides to explain to the public that we ...

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Letters: Tribal Elders Approve Retention of “Warramunga”

Letter Writer · Mar 3, 1996 ·

The following correspondence is self-explanatory. It is believed that the decision for the visit of the “Elders” of The Warramunga Veterans Association to Tennant Creek was made after the South ...

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ANZAC Class Frigates – Naming Issues

A.N. Other · Dec 12, 1992 ·

The New Anzac Class Frigates, the first of which will be delivered during 1995, have been named to commemorate previous ships of the Royal Australian Navy, all of which had distinguished ...

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