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Mac Gregory
23 August 2010

This site is dedicated to all "Who went down to the sea in ships" in World War 2, in whatever capacity they may have served the cause of freedom, but especially to the Eighty Four Officers and Men who died in H.M.A.S. Canberra at the Battle of Savo Island, on the 9th of August, 1942.  

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Here are my latest 12 articles.  See the article listletters archive, or site map to see all of them or to get your bearings. Links to the main features are in the right hand column. If you can't find what you are looking for, try this search page. There is also a search link on each page. 

Passenger ships lost in WW2 as a result of enemy action


Click to read moreThe world passenger ship fleet suffered the loss of 144 vessels through hostilities during in the six years of the
Second World War. This was more than the entire peacetime losses for all reasons in a century. A further 30 passenger ships that were converted into naval vessels were either sunk, or retained for military duties. Over
three times as many large passenger ships were lost in World War 2 than were sunk in the four years of World War 1 Read the article.


Click to read moreIn his acknowledgements he graciously notes : " In all naval matters, I have consulted Lieutenant-Commander Mackenzie Gregory, RAN (retired) and am most grateful for his guidance." Read the article.

Australian Soldiers Fight As Volunteers With The British Army at Archangel, Northern Russia in 1919


Click to read the articleAfter WW1 ended in 1918, members of the Australian Imperial Force still in the United Kingdom resigned from the AIF to join the British Army as Volunteers to fight at Archangel in Northern Russia with British forces in 1919. All in all, a poor decision by the British Command to try and intervene in a Civil War in Russia. Read the article.

Little workhorses, the Bathurst Class of Australian Minesweepers in WW2.


Bathurst Class of Australian Minesweepers in WW2 - click to learn moreThe Bathursts were seen as 'maids of all work' by the RAN. The two main purposes the ships were intended for were minesweeping and anti-submarine escort. However, the corvettes found themselves performing a wide range of duties, including troop and supply transport, bombardment, assault landings support, survey and hydrography mapping, and providing aid to disabled ships. Read the article.

Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet By King George V.At Spithead July 16, 1935


Click to read the articleIn all, some 157 ships took part, they covered the range of all types of warships. Battleships, Battle Cruisers, ( including HMS Hood, the largest warship afloat world wide, to come to an ignominious end in her fight against the German battleship BISMARCK, in 1941) Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, Depot ships, Hospital ships, Minesweepers, Sloops, Submarines, Surveying ships, and Training ships. Read the article.

Naval Heritage Foundation of Australia Inc. plans to erect a 7 foot six inch bronze statue of a WW2 Sailor in round rig.


The Commonwealth Government gave the Bay Street Drill Hall to the then Liberal Government of Victoria, they allowed CIRCUS OZ t o occupy it, and they retain possession in 2008.

There is not a single Heritage Marker to denote the Navy was ever in this area, and some 15,000 Naval Men and Women would have passed this way.

We invite visitors to the AHOY web site who may wish to donate towards the cost of the Answering The Call statue to read this article to see how you may help.

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My 88th. birthday


Click to read the articleOn Tuesday February 9th. 2010 it was my 88th. birthday, and we celebrated at my eldest daughter Jayne's home with a lovely dinner with my family, and 6 other friends. Read the article.

Amazing pictures of the wreck of Hospital ship Centaur


Amazing pictures of the wreck of Hospital ship Centaur taken from a remote vehicle some 2 kilometres below the surface of the ocean off the Queensland coast.

 

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Australian Women at war, WW1, WW2 - Nursing the A I F in the Great War


Mother ANZAc - click to read morePrior to Australia's Federation in 1901, each colony controlled its own defence force, of which the nursing services formed a part. In July 1903 the nursing services of each colony joined together to form the Australian Army Nursing Service. Read the article.

100,000 Hits on Ahoy's Home Page


Ahoy has a lot of hits - click to read moreAt 2.45 AM on Friday November 13th, AHOY Mac's Web Log passed a milestone. Read the article.

Early Visits of Russian Warships to Australia


Read moreIn 1862 the Russian Corvette Svetania entered Port Phillip Bay and fired a salute to Queenscliff, it was an embarassing moment for the locals, as they could not return this salute, as they were not supplied with gunpowder. Read the article.

The Battle of Quiberon Bay November 20, 1759


The Battle of Quiberon Bay November 20, 1759 -- click to read moreIt was during the Seven Years war between England and France that the Battle of Quiberon bay was fought. At the time it appeared France was preparing to invade both England and Scotland, with both troops and their ship transports massing around the Loire estuary. Read the article.

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A site Bismarck and the effort to present crew members in portraits and biographical sketches

A new site about the Bismarck and the effort to present crew members in
portraits and biographical sketches in German and English

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* 23 August 2010 - Letters: John Harry Morgan MN died with the infamous sinking of the Collier, Empire Lake off Madagascar in 1943

* 23 August 2010 - Letters: John Harry Morgan, late of the Empire Lake

* 23 August 2010 - Letters: Albert Frank Patterson, Petty Officer Stoker, died when the Electra was sunk during the Java Sea battle of Feb 1942

* 23 August 2010 - Letters: Able Seaman Leonard Tucker of the Royal Navy lost on Empire Gold

* 23 August 2010 - Letters: Chief Petty Officer Tremba in the Sea Raven which rescued 33 brave Australians

* 23 August 2010 - Letters: Capture of Karl Donitz' & Baton

* 15 August 2010 - Letters: Hospital Ship Vita

* 15 August 2010 - Letters: Pictures of the SS City of Benares?

* 15 August 2010 - Letters: Air Commodore WH 'Bull' Garing CBE, DFC, Captain of the Sunderland from 10 Sqn RAAF found the last lifeboat from the City of Benares

* 15 August 2010 - Letters: Thomas Harold Williams on the Jumna was a prisoner on Raider Wolf

* 15 August 2010 - Letters: Corrections: Russian Waships in 1820 visits to Australia

* 15 August 2010 - Early Visits of Russian Warships to Australia:

* 10 August 2010 - Letters: Surgeon Captain R.G. Anthony was, I think, the senior medical officer on the Vita

* 10 August 2010 - Letters: William Henry Garing, Captain of the RAAF Sunderland which located the last of the lifeboats with Mary Cornish and others

* 10 August 2010 - Letters: Fully restored Fairey Firefly


 

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