Carrier Evolution VI: War Games II
USN Carrier Evolution VI: The last of the Fleet Problems Sixth article in a series by Scot MacDonald. Reprinted with permission: Naval Aviation News, September 1962, pp 34-38. “The culmination […]
Category: Ships
Hobart in Vietnam: Followup Letters
Hobart in Vietnam: Follow-up letters by Ian Callaway and David Holthouse Part 2 of 2. Read Part 1 here Ian Callaway (left) is at the Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) plotting […]
HMAS Boonaroo
HMAS Boonaroo by Pat Burnett The short and unusual history of HMAS Boonaroo constitutes an historical first in the story of the RAN. It was the first occasion on which […]
Carrier Evolution VII: Early Japanese
USN Carrier Evolution VII: Early Japanese carriers Seventh article in a series by Scot MacDonald. Reprinted with permission: Naval Aviation News, October 1962 pp. 39-42. “In the last analysis, the […]
Liberty Ships
Liberty Ships Disaster loomed. The RAF had blunted Reichsmarshal Hermann Göring’s blitz, but by September 1941 VADM Karl Dönitz’s Type VII U-Boats were regularly decimating Atlantic convoys. It was becoming […]
Titanic followup letters
Titanic followup letters Cutaway sketch of Titanic. Note the “smoke” from number four funnel. Tom Fisher writes of the Last Log of the Titanic: book review (Newsletter 54 September 2003): […]
HMS Rattler
HMS Rattler by John Ellis The development of the steam engine for locomotion was a challenge taken up by engineers in the late 18th century. Richard Trevithick demonstrated his steam […]
An RAN MIDN in HMS Vanguard
An RAN midshipman in HMS Vanguard by John Jobson CDRE John Jobson describes his nine months aboard the last of the RN battleships, HMS Vanguard. These recollections are based on […]
Bantry Bay Gigs
Bantry Bay gigs As a followup to Bantry, the unknown invasion (Newsletter 65, June 2006 pp 24-27) Tom de Voil learned “quite by accident” at a local Rotary Club meeting […]
Duyfken
Duyfken (Little dove) by John Ellis Indonesian spices have been important ingredients in Middle Eastern food and drink for over 3000 years. They were imported to the Persian Empire from […]