Nelson: ADML Hood
ADML Samuel Viscount Hood (1724-1816) ADML Hood (painted by James Northcote about 1784.) Samuel Hood, the son of a vicar, joined the RN as a midshipman in 1741, at age […]
ADML Samuel Viscount Hood (1724-1816) ADML Hood (painted by James Northcote about 1784.) Samuel Hood, the son of a vicar, joined the RN as a midshipman in 1741, at age […]
Royal Navy: the early years Sociologists tend to argue that it is not so much the individual who changes history. Instead, it is the struggles of the masses and random […]
Nelson: A brief biography Nelson, wearing two of his three gold medals. (A third gold medal was awarded posthumously. Painting by John Hoppner.) Born on 29 September 1758, to the […]
An Australian RNVR in WW II This essay was awarded second prize in the Naval Officers Club Literary Prize competition, 2001. It was published in the Naval Officers Club Newsletter […]
Around Australia in a 4 x 4 By John and Pam Da Costa We left Sydney on 11 June in our SWB Pajero, towing our very comfortable off-road camper-trailer, and […]