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Not really. The British used the Royal marines back in the Napoleonic days, probably even before. Well one line of mines have been...
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Pretty dry stuff if you are not interested in Tassie postmarks or post offices, but they will be on Kindle soon, so will post up a link...
Saturday at 1:44 AM
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They have something very similar to landing craft now for island relief. In fact, the cruiser Terrible can carry a compliment of them...
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Unfortunately, Sackville Carden was not a man possessed with a great sense of urgency. However, de Roebuck was much worse.
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Swastika meant nothing in 1900. If anything, it was a good luck symbol. Sadly, it's something else these days, of course.
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4 March 1915, PNS Eureka Land, off the Dardenelles The landings at Cape Helles had taken place on the night of 28th February-1st March...
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1 March 1915, PNS Eureka Land, off the Dardenelles Vice Admiral Frederick Tickell had accomplished two things during his short visit to...
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28 February 1915, PNS Eureka Land, off the Dardenelles Commodore Roger Keyes had found a group of officers more in keeping with his own...
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Yes, I am back. Have been involved in a local history project involving the production of a series of books on the Post Offices and post...
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19 February 1915, PNS Eureka Land, off the Dardenelles It was late and had been a long day. The small armoured cruiser, the ex HMS...
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