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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Newspaper - Newspaper cuttings
Newspaper cuttings from the Argus 1907 original paper, copies 1929, 7 December 1989 The Sun "RN loses two warships" -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, Post 1945
A highly enlarged, blurry photo, of the warship HMAS Cairns in high seas. The photo has an overall green tint. The dot structure of the enlargement can be seen.Bottom L in green ink: Cairns Bottom R: H.M.A.S. Cairns J183 Bathurst Class Corvette British East Indies Fleet British Pacific Fleet Battle Honours Sicily 1943 / Okinawa 1945photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history - navy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - NZ warship, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Roy Liebig, 1945
The donor's (Karen Bowden) grandfather - Roy Liebig (1897-1968) - took these photos in the 1940s. Karen, as administrtor of his estate, has extracted various photos and sent them to appropriate historical societies.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. Visiting NZ warship at Station Pier, also sail boats and waterfont buildingsmaritime, piers and wharves, war - world war ii, piers and wharves - station pier, roy liebig, karen bowden, yarra river, aircraft carrier -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Swivel Link from H.M. Colonial Steam Sloop "Victoria", 5/03/2015
Swivel link from H.M. Colonial Steam Sloop "Victoria" Australia's first warship built 1854, cost 38,000 pound in service 40 years.h.m. colonial steam sloop "victoria", warship, swivel, queesncliff -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Fiction Novel, THE CAINE MUTINY
A novel about a warship and its crewHard Cover with Dust Cover in Poor ConditionAuthor Heman Wouk Publisher Jonathon Cape Bedford Square London. No Date. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Ship's Deck with Gun
... warships ...Found loose in the fan album so likely to have been photographed in 1928.Small monochrome (sepia) photograph depicting a partial shot of a ship's deck with large gun emplacement fan album, gun, warships -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Christmas Card, n.d
Christmas card - unused. Beige cardboard, stenciled scene on front: black warship, yellow moon and spotlight reflected in water. Pale green paper insert with Christmas message.Front: 'GREETINGS FROM PORTLAND (the Cradle of Victoria) Sarony Series' - printed in dark bluechristmas, religions celebration, greetings card -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet - Guidelines to radiation monitoring during visits of nuclear powered warships, 1976
Guidelines for radiation monitoring during visits of nuclear powered warships to Australian ports (draft prepared by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and the Australian Radiation Laboratory of the Department of Health)melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, uss truxton - nuclear powered cruiser, uss long beach - nuclear powered cruiser -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various locations in Port Melbourne and around the docks, 1800s - 1900s
Scans of 38 photographs from the album of Henry Whatty, the grandfather of the donor. Includes family photos; Swallow & Ariells cart; Bay shipping; warships; yachts in harbour; "Mildura" at dockbuilt environment, built environment - industrial, sport - yachting, transport - shipping, business and traders - bakers, henry whatty, ilona mccarthy -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - 8th LH Gallipoli
The 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF was raised at Broadmeadows Victoria in September 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander White and formed part of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. The regiment served at Gallipoli where in a courageous but ill-fated charge at the Nek on 7 August 1915 it suffered horrendous casualties including Lieutenant Colonel White. Faded black and white photograph of 8th Light Horse soldiers preparing to dis-embark from warship to land at Anzac Cove, May 1915. Photo is glued to fluted plastic backing.world war one, wwi, gallipoli, anzac, 8th, light horse -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Plaque, H.M.A.S Maryborough Plaque
The HMAS Maryborough was a famous First World War warship and this crest is commonly associated with the ship.A wooden plaque with decorative motifs, including two mounted plaques - including a photo of the original Maryborough and a patchwork insignia/crest.This crest has the patchwork with the words HMAS Marynorough written in stitching under the patch and crown. H.M.A.S MARYBOROUGH 1941-1946 J195-B248 brass plaque on the front, mounted to wood. hmas maryborough, australian navy, war, ships, plaque, insignia, crest -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs, 1988 Bicentennial Parade, Cowes, 1988
Parade began in Thompson Ave, then along the Esplanade to the football ground.23 coloured photos of the 1988 Bicentennial Parade in Cowes including the floats, bands, scouts, Senior Citizens and fire brigade and 3 coloured photos of views of ships in the Bay. Warship and possibly the Britannia.cowes phillip island,, bicentennial 1988, parades, fire brigade, phillip island, bands, ships -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Japanese warships and passenger liner, Ocean Monarch, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1970s
(15) B&W photographs of various Japanese warships and passenger liner "Ocean Monarch" at Station Pier in the 1970s .06 "Kikuzuki" (165) Japanese destroyer .14 "Ocean Monarch" passenger linerpiers and wharves - station pier, ocean monarch, kikuzuki- japanese destroyer -
Bendigo Military Museum
Banner - PENNANT - HMAS ARUNTA
Part of Collection of "William Anthony Theodore DSM". Refer Cat No. 7926P.Navy blue triangular pennant HMAS ARUNTA in gold and to the left an image of a warship in grey sitting in a white life buoy with a crown on top and R.A.N. at bottom. Two sets of 2 straps on wide edge.Inscribed with "HMAS ARUNTA".hmas arunta, tobruk, william anthony theodore dsm -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Ship Model, Sovereign of the Seas, Made between 1930-1955
This meticulously hand crafted ship model is one of the most intricate and challenging projects for a ship modeller to create. Jim Williams took up the challenge, choosing to make all of the components by hand, following a plan of the ship rather than purchasing a pre-made kit. He even made his own tools specifically for working with this model. The “Sovereign of the Seas” 1637-1697 - The magnificent ship “Sovereign of the Seas” was ordered by Charles I of England, who desired a giant Great Ship to be built. It was built by Peter Pett under the guidance of his father Phineas, the King's master shipwright, and launched with 102-guns at Woolwich Dockyard on 13th October 1637, as the Navy’s second three-decker first-rate ship. It was the most extravagantly decorated warship in the Royal Navy, bought with the help of a special 'Ship Money' tax imposed by the King. Soon afterwards the ship was remodelled and cut down to a safer and faster ship. Over the ship’s lifetime it was renamed “Commonwealth”, then in 1650 it became simply “Sovereign” then again after a rebuild in 1660 it was named “Royal Sovereign”. By 1642 the ship’s armament had been reduced to 90 guns. In 1651 Sovereign was made more manoeuvrable by reducing the upper works. It served throughout the wars of the Commonwealth and became the flagship of General Robert Blake. It was involved in all of the great English naval conflicts fought against the United Provinces and France and was referred to as 'The Golden Devil' by the Dutch. By 1660 the armament was changed attain to 100 guns. After the English Restoration, it was rebuilt as a first-rate ship of the line, with flatter gun decks and 100 guns, and most of the carvings were removed. During the First Anglo-Dutch War, in a secret session on 21 October 1652, the States-General of the Netherlands announced reward money for the crews of fire ships that succeeded in destroying enemy vessels; the Sovereign was singled out with an extra prize of 3000 guilders to sink or ruin it. Although repeatedly occupied by the Dutch, the Sovereign was retaken every time by the British and remained in service for nearly sixty years as the best ship in the English fleet. The Sovereign was in regular service during the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, surviving the Raid on the Medway in 1667. After a second rebuild in 1685 the Sovereign was relaunched as a first-rate ship of 100 guns, before taking part in the outset of the War of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France, venturing into the Irish Sea, and later participating in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 and the Battle of La Hougue. At this time she was more than fifty years old. It was the first ship in history to fly ‘royals’ above the topgallant sails and a top gallant sail on the jigger-mast. The Sovereign eventually became leaky and defective with age and was laid up at Chatham when, on 27th January 1697, the famous ship caught fire, burning to the waterline. Jim Williams, the model’s maker - Jim (James Bernard) Williams was born in 1888 at The Forth in Scotland. He lived in Tasmania for some time and enlisted to fight in France in WW1. After the war he moved to Warrnambool, Victoria, where he worked at the Cramond & Dickson clothing store until the Great Depression in the 1930’s. He was later employed at Fletcher Jones Menswear, where he worked for 27 years until just before his death in 1959. Jim was a passionate ship model builder. He worked on his model ships between 1930 and 1955, including The Endeavour and The Sovereign of the Seas, which was one of the most intricate historic ship models to build. He had a table set up in a bay window and worked on them on and off using a jeweller's eye glass on the finer pieces. Jim’s long-time employer, Fletcher Jones, knew of Jim’s hobby and skill as a ship model builder and requested Jim to describe the model, Sovereign of the Seas, with the view of putting it on display. When the model was finished there was a full article and photo in The Standard newspaper. Jim described his work on the ship mode “Sovereign of the Seas” in correspondence to his then employer, Fletcher Jones. The document gives us an insight into his skill, patience, and regard for replicating the details of the original ship. Some of the details are: "In making the model the time taken to make certain items might be of interest. For instance "The Great Lantern" on the stern, four weeks, a similar time for the figurehead of St George & the Dragon. "The lower shrouds three to each side about six weeks & the rigging as whole several months. There are nearly 300 blocks and pulleys ranging from nearly 1 / 16 inch in diameter. Dead eyes were bored with 3 to 5 holes. To do this needles of different sizes, set in handles & ground to wedge ends were used. Glass cut and ground to shape were used windows. All gun-port covers (74) hinged. "All guns and anchors made of wood. Nothing for the model was purchased ready-made; everything hand made." Jim’s family donated the ship model along with many associated tools, accessories and papers. The model represents the Sovereign of the Seas. The Royal Navy ship of the line launched in 1637 has a significant British maritime heritage. These days the Sovereign of the Seas still remains one of the most intricate historic ship models to build, representing to the model enthusiast a true challenge to the art of model shipbuilding. The model of Sovereign of the Seas in Flagstaff Hill's collection is an exemplary example of a ship model built and hand crafted from a plan with the making of every item on the model, not a model kit with prefabricated parts. It was made by a local Warrnambool man Jim Williams as a leisure activity in the mid 20th century. The hobby and craft of ship model making has resulted in visual representations of the changes in maritime technology and advances in world-wide navigation. Ship model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, a 17th century British warship. The handmade model is in wooden framed, airtight glass case. All components were hand crafted. Many of the tools used were made by the model maker, Jim Williams. An inscribed plaque is within the case. Inscribed on plaque "SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS / 102 GUNS - 1634"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, model ship, vessel sovereign of the seas, jim williams, james bernard williams, the forth tasmania, freda williams, heather williams, phyllis bowditch, fletcher jones staff 1936, 17th century sailing ship, cramond and dickson, sovereign of the seas, royal sovereign, sovereign, charles 1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Andrew Gordon Author, The Rules of the Game, 2000 A.D
Soft cover Book. Front cover has + B+W photo of WWI warship Signal flags flying in the wind NR of Pages 708 Cut Edges. Plain Paper with B+W Photos in the center.books, military, technical -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - History, Hilfskreuzer Kormoran, 1959
Donated to the Tatura Museum by a descendant of one of the authorsHard cover German naval history book of the WW2 warship "Kormoran" B&W picturews and edrawings. Has separate protective cover with painting of ship at sea. Black,red & white printing. 264 pagesTo the Tatura Museum in kind remembrtance. Ursula Detmersbooks, history, local -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Plaque, The Navel Crown motif is a post 1970 version
The HMAS Sydney (I) was a famous First World War warship. This crest is the official badge of the HMAS Sydeny (I), (II) and (III)A wooden plaque with decorative white, gold and coloured motifs, including a gold Mural crown, a red erect anchor with a red six pointed star above it, all surrounded by gold rope. Above the rope there is the word "Sydney" written in gold letters on a black scroll, with the Navel Crown motif above."Sydney" appears capitalised on the front of the plaque.hmas sydney, australian navy, war, ships, plaque, insignia, anchor -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - BATAAN MODEL, K Moore, c.2001
.1) Base covered with brown contact with wooden model of HMAS Bataan attached with blu tack. Model painted grey, black & red. Warship wooden stand attached below ship. .2) Perspex lift off cover.“HMAS BATAAN 1945 - 55” printed label attached. “HMAS BATAAN” black print under gold writing. “K MOORE 2001” printed label attached.military history - navy, maritime technology - model ships, bataan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Stephen Howarth, Morning Glory. The Story of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1985
Soft cardboard cover, yellow, red & black print on cover over silhouette of Japanese Sailor over Japanese Flag & warship on blue background. 398 plain cut pages, illustrated black & white photographs, maps & illustrations.Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf: Donated by Bgo Y Men Club In black ink stamp on front fly leaf: RSL Clubbooks- military, military history-navy-japan -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Programme - Programme of events for the Portland Centenary celebrations 1934, c. 1934
Portland Centenary celebrations 1934Single fold DL flyer, programme of events for the Portland Centenary celebrations 13 - 20 NOV 1934. White paper, black print. Photo of Edward Henty and Portland Bay on front, warships in Portland Bay at sunrise, on back.portland centenary celebrations 1934 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - newspaper articles, Lest we forget. HMAS Sydney, 16 November 1991
Newspaper article published on 16 November 1991 in the Northern Territory News in memory of the most celebrated warship HMAS Sydney, lost 50 years earlier.Clear plastic cover containing newspaper articles concerning the battle between HMAS Sydney and the German Raider Kormoran.hmas sydney, hsk kormoran, dhurringile, pow camps, captain theodor detmers, hmas sydney 50th anniversary -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DETAILS OF LIFE AND INVENTION OF ANTHONY GEORGE MALDON MITCHELL
Details of life (and invention) of Anthony George Maldon Mitchell (talk to Bendigo BHS by Derek Ravenscroft). Mitchell was born in London but given the name of Maldon because of the family's association with that town. ( Mitchell invented important compact bearing for steam/warships).person, individual, anthony george maldon mitchell, mitchell invested important compact bearings for steam/warships. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Framed Decal
Framed decal of a roaring tiger in centre of black background bordered by gold and frown design. 816 on decal above tiger. Jewelled Crown with various gems in red and green. Top of decal old world man of warship, sails and flags.Decal,816 Squadron -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various ships at Port Melbourne, 1920 - 1940
Eleven scans of photographs from album of donor's father (Ray Gruneklee). Includes images of ship Edina (possibly a Bay day tripper) and several images of USA warships at Princes pier, possibly July 1925. Civilians in their finery have come to inspect the ships.built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, armed services - foreign services, ray gruneklee, uss oklahoma, uss pennsylvania, uss seattle, uss nevada -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Warships at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1920s
Late 1920's photograph taken on Princes Pier with warships probably American. Building on right was the electrical substation public toilets that later burned and was finally gutted 27 Jan 2001. The other customs shed is behind photographer Doug Smallpage. Gantries are in place.piers and wharves, doug smallpage -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK KOREA, Anthony Cooper, HMAS Bataan, 1952, 2010
HMAS Bataan 1952. An Australian Warship in the Korean War. "The author explores the variety of tasks and risks undertaken by the ship and her company in circumstances that were always challenging and sometimes highly dangerous" - Professor Jeffrey Grey.Hard cardboard cover, deep blue buckram with gold print on spine. Dust cover mid blue background, sea image, dark blue & gold print on front, spine & back. Sepia photos of HMAS Bataan on front & back covers. Gun crew on front flap, men on side of fo'c'sle back flap. 294 pages, cut plain paper illustrated with black & white photos, maps & diagrams.Handwritten in black on front fly leaf: Donated by Mrs Olive Pell BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL MUSEUMbooks-military-history-navy, korea -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - HMAS BENDIGO PLAQUE, CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO 1941-1946
See Cat..4546. This bell belonged to Corvette HMAS BENDIGO and was presented to the Bendigo City Council by the Royal Australian Navy in recognition of the valiant services of the warship in the Second World War 1941-1946. Refer Cat No 4546.This is a solid sheet piece of brass. Rectangular shaped, each corner has a countersunk hole. The writing about the Bendigo is in block letters. Each letter is slightly depressed with black paint in it.ran, hmas bendigo, ww2 -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Ordnance QF 3-Pounder Naval Gun Shell Case, Naval Gun Shell Case, 1901
Mk II Shell used by the Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers (47mm / L50) naval gun first tested in 1903. It was used on Royal Navy warships. Effective firing range was 2000 yards (1829m) approx.Brass naval gun shell case.II C V S & M 2 - 8 - 01 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, HMAS Brisbane
... warships ...The HMAS Brisbane left Geelong (Corio Bay) on 31 October 1928 to sail to Port Melbourne in November 1928 during the Melbourne Cup festivities. She left Port Melbourne on Wednesday 12 December 1928. The HMAS Brisbane, Australia, and the three destroyers Anzac, Success and Swordsman were open to the public on 5 November 1928.on page 10hmas brisbane, port melbourne, fan album, 1928, cruisers, warships