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Common terms and phrasesAdmiralty aircraft carriers Allied Anzac arrived attack Australia Station Australian naval Australian ships base battle battleship boats Botany Bay Britain British Canberra Captain China Class destroyers coast colonial command Commonwealth Government continued convoy Creswell deployed deployment dockyard East Emden Empire enemy escort fire fleet French frigate Garden Island German Gulf guns harbour HMAS HMAS Australia HMAS Sydney Hobart Imperial Indian Ocean Iraqi Japan Japanese Jervis Bay land later light cruisers maritime Melbourne military Naval Board naval defence naval force naval officers navy's needed North officers and sailors operations Pacific patrol personnel political Port Jackson Prime Minister Rabaul RAN official RAN ships RAN's Rear Admiral Royal Navy sailed September ship's company shore Singapore South Vietnam South Wales Soviet squadron strategic submarine Sydney task threat Tobruk torpedo trade tralian transport troops United vessels Vice-Admiral Voyager warships Yarra Zealand Popular passagesPage 27 - The different coves were examined with all possible expedition. I fixed on the one that had the best spring of water, and in which the ships can anchor so close to the shore that, at a very small expense quays may be made at which the largest Page 75 - and that the problem of the British Empire is in no sense one of local defence. The sea is all one, and the British Navy, therefore, must be all one; and its solitary task in war must be to seek out the ships of the enemy wherever they are to be found, and destroy them. Page 228 - the takeover of South Vietnam would be a direct military threat to Australia and all countries of South and South-East Asia. It must be seen as part of a thrust by Communist China between the Indian and Pacific Oceans'. The Page 49 - This House (while fully recognising the claims of all portions of the British Empire to Imperial aid in their protection against perils arising from the consequences of Imperial policy) is of the opinion that colonies exercising the right of self-government ought to undertake Page 28 - I want a thing done well in a distant part of the world; when I want a man with a good head, a good heart, lots of pluck and plenty of common sense, I always send for a Captain of the Navy'. Page 26 - and had the satisfaction of finding the finest harbour in the world in which a thousand sail of the line may ride in perfect security. Page 171 - If I am told to fight regardless of consequences, I shall run wild for the first six months or a year but I have utterly no confidence for the second or third year'. References from web pagesA bibliography of the Royal Australian Navy History of the Royal Australian Navy - Wikipedia, the free ... 【楽天市場】No Pleasure Cruise: The Story of the Royal Australian ... Australian Defence Force: Information and Much More from Answers.com オーストラリア史 : セレクトリスト | シンプルアマゾン 通販 Terra Shopping - Livros Bibliographic information |