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Mac Gregory
28 January 2012
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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The Fate of the Japanese Submarines which Surrendered in 1945 - The Development of Allied Policy by Derek Waller
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The Potsdam Agreement signed by the British, Americans and Russians on 2 August 1945 sealed the fate of the majority of the Kriegsmarine U-Boats which had surrendered at the end of the European war. The result of the decisions at Potsdam was that 118 U-Boats which had surrendered on either side of the Atlantic were sunk in deep water before 15 February 1946, and that each of the three Allies was allowed to retain only 10 U-Boats for testing and experimental purposes. Additionally, the Potsdam Agreement determined the fate of four of the seven ex-U-Boats which had surrendered under the Japanese flag to the Royal Navy in Singapore and Indonesia in August 1945 at the end of the war in the Far East. Read the article.
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Edward Francis Browne 1925 - 2011
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Frank served as a Telegraphist in the 8 inch gunned Heavy Cruiser HMAS Shropshire, a gift to the RAN from Winston Churchill to replace her sister ship HMAS Canberra, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island on August 9, 1942.
Edward Francis Browne, you will be greatly missed. Your flag has flown high and with great distinction, We Salute You! Read the article.
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The sinking of cruiser HMAS Sydney by disguised German raider Kormoran by David Kennedy
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Hello,
I have been involved in researching the Sydney-Kormoran clash for some 18 years after meeting Hilfskreuzer crewmen. I was asked to testify at the two major Australian inquiries into the action -- the joint parliamentary committee (JSCFADT) in 1997-99 and Commission of Inquiry in 2008-09. I have decided to finally "go ashore" but I have put together the following as a result of my most recent research. I have the written permission of the two authors (David Stafford and Graham Freudenberg) to include their book material. I am a career journalist. I hope you may find a place for it on your site.
Regards,
David Kennedy Read the article.
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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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HUNDREDS of photos depicting Australian soldiers before their departure for the battlefields of World War I have been discovered in a London museum. 
