Index, ill, p.144.non-fictionDescribes the evolution of warships in the 20th century by vessel type.naval ships - history, warships - development

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the battleships Renown and Repulsenaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the King George the Fifth Class Battleshipsnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the DIDO Class cruisersnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the Flower Class Corvettesnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleshipsnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the Town Class Cruisersnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the War built destroyers O-Z Classesnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the County Class Cruisersnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of V and W Class destroyersnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the battleships Rodney and Nelsonnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the Hunt class escort destroyersnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionThe big destroyers built in the 1930s for Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Statesnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.49.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the battleship Hoodnaval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.32.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the battleship USS North Carolina (BB55)naval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.32.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the battleship USS Alabama (BB60)naval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.32.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the submarine USS Bowfin (SS287)naval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Ill, p.32.non-fictionPlans, photographs and descriptions of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV10)naval art and science - history, naval ships - history

Chelsea Clock Company History: The Chelsea Clock Company is an American clock manufacturing company that started before 1880 with Joseph Henry Eastman who founded the Harvard Clock Company and produced 800 clocks of marine, carriage, shelf and banjo types. He went on to change the company name to the Boston Clock Company in 1884. After several name changes in 1897, the Chelsea Clock Company was finally founded. Clocks produced by Chelsea Clock Company have been found in the White House, on US Naval Ships, and in homes and offices around the world. After the company first began life as the Harvard Clock Company, it was named the Boston Clock Company, the Eastman Clock Company before finally becoming the Chelsea Clock Company in July of 1897. The company had developed many patents and innervations over these years and between 1939 and 1946 during World War II they were awarded contracts by the U.S Maritime Commission and produced vast numbers of clocks for both merchant and naval ships. U.S Maritime Commission History: The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet. The purpose of the Maritime Commission was to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and then have built over a ten-year period 900 modern fast merchant cargo ships which would replace the World War I-vintage vessels Those ships were intended to be then leased to U.S. shipping companies for their use in the foreign seagoing trades the aim was to offer better and more economical freight services. The ships were also intended to serve as a reserve naval auxiliary force in the event of armed conflict which was a duty the U.S. merchant fleet had often filled throughout the years since the Revolutionary War. From 1939 through the end of World War II, the Maritime Commission funded and administered the largest and most successful merchant shipbuilding effort in world history, producing ships for both navy and merchant marine. By the end of the war, U.S. shipyards working under Maritime Commission contracts had built a total of 5,777 ocean-going merchant and naval ships. In early 1942 both the training and licensing was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard for administration, then later to the Maritime Service final responsibility was conveyed to the newly created War Shipping Administration which was created to oversee the operation of merchant ships being built by the Emergency Program to meet the needs of the U.S. Armed Services. With the end of World War II, both the Emergency and Long Range shipbuilding programs were terminated as there were far too many merchant vessels now for the Nation's peacetime needs. In 1946, the Merchant Ship Sales Act was passed to sell off a large portion of the ships built during the war to commercial buyers, both domestic and foreign. The U.S Maritime Commission was officially disbanded on May 24th 1950. These clocks were to be found on all ships made in American for the war effort between 1939 and 1946. They are a significant reminder of the sacrifice by those who served in the merchant marine and the navy’s during the Second World War. The item is a part of our social history that reminds us of these dark times. The loses of family members, along with the trauma that many sailors had endured and had to live with for the rest of their lives once they were released from service and allowed to go home.American Clock is an 8-day marine clock made by the Chelsea clock Co for the “US Maritime Commission” . There is a second smaller dial for the seconds and 24-hour markings. Also a fast-slow adjuster to the top of the dial. The clock is an 8 day marine clock with US Maritime Commission inscribed on face in black lettering. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock, us maritime commission, chelsea clock company, horology, maratime clock

This item is linked to the 'HMAS Encounter', possibly made on the ship c. 1913. In 1916 this ship visited a then unnamed island off the Western Australian coast, where the crew discovered two bronze cannons protruding from the sand. These cannons now in the WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle, have been linked to the "Mahogany Ship" legend by historian K.G. MacIntyre. Cribbage is a very popular card game, particularly with naval personnel. This cribbage score board belonged to Alexander Charles Forsyth who used it aboard H.M.A.S. Encounter in 1913. He was a stoker, service number 3086, from New South Wales. H.M.A.S Encounter, the fourth warship of that name, was built at Devonport Dockyard, Tasmania, for the Royal Australian Navy in 1905. She was a second class protected cruiser and in 1909 was lent for three years to the British Admiralty. In 1913 (the year marked on this cribbage board) she was in New South Wales and Queensland waters and in World War One she served in the Pacific region, taking part in the capture of German New Guinea. She was finally scuttled in 1932.Social significance: an example of leisure activities in early C20th. Historical significance: link to "Mahogany Ship" legend through H.M.A.S. Encounter. This is an interesting item with social significance as cribbage was a popular game, particularly in the 20th century, and it illustrates the pastimes of a generation past. It was given to Warrnambool and District Historical Society by a Wangoom couple and so may have local significance if A.C. Forsyth was related to this couple. H.M.A.S. Encounter was important in Australia’s naval history. Rectangular brass plate with rows of holes, grouped in tens. Plate mounted with 5 brass studs to a rectangular wooden base. 134 holes in brass, grouped in tens. Three holes in each end of wooden base. Board used for scoring made out of brass for game of cribbage Burnished gold on playing surface Reddish-brown on base 144 main indentations, 10 minor indentations Machine engraved "A.C. Forsyth" (in script)/ "1913"/ "H.M.A.S. ENCOUNTER" across middle of the plate, between the rows of holes. brass, ships, leisure, royal australian navy, cribbage board, games, mahogany ship, a s forsythe, encounter, alexander charles forsyth, warrnambool

Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard with Navy Blue buckram cover. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, red and black print on front, spine, front and back flaps. Illustrated, front cover photograph in colour of a ship dockside. Back cover - photograph in colour of a portion of a ship in a seascape of water, sand and trees in background. 191 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, maps and technical illustrations. Front end paper - handwritten greeting.Front endpaper - blue pen - handwritten, "TO DAD/ FROM VALERIE & IAN - FATHERS DAY 1981". books, navy cruisers

"THE WOLF' How one German raider terrorised Australia and the Southern Oceans in the First World War.Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, red and black print on front, spine and back. Cover - colour illustrated - front - top German symbol, bottom, ship at sea. Back - sepia photograph - sailor and girl. 366 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.Nilbook, ww1, naval operations

Soft, cream cardboard cover re HMAS Australia. 198 pages. Copied photos, maps & drawings.books - naval history, illustrations, hmas, ran

Cream illustrated cardboard covered booklet of 12 pages. Drawing of ship & map of battle area on front cover.books-naval-history, illustrations, coral sea

Photocopied record of HMAS Australia "Ships Daily Movements" 1939 - 1942. 28 pages held by 3 staples.books-naval-history, documents-diaries, hmas, ran

Soft clear plastic & grey covered file with dark grey reinforced spine, hole punched. 83 typed photocopied pages. Warramunga was a tribal class destroyer of British design & built in Australia. Booklet contains author's recollections of her part in naval operations in the Pacific theatre of WWII."Warramunga a true story by Geoff Willson", "The Ship with a Guardian Angel", "The Lucky Ship"military history-navy, ran, hmas

The volumes belonged to Arthur George Holley No 13556 RAN. Refer 2134 for service history also 2134, 2135.3, 2137. The booklets are the "Official organ of the NSW Branch of the HMAS Tingira Old Boys Association". Title of the publishing is "Open Sea". They are white gloss paper front and rear with all printing in blue. At the top of each publication is "Open Sea", under drawing of a ship centre then under is membership caulifications, Vol No and dated. The 20 volumes are from period 1966-1981.booklets, naval, ran

Items belonged to Arthur George Holley No 13556 RAN. Refer 2134 for service history also 2135.3, 2137, 2147. Two Newsletters, "Tingira Old Boys Association". Front has a crown with HMAS, Anchor, Tingira, under a scroll with "Old Boys Association" then list of Patrons and last a sketch of a ship. .1) Has yellow cover, pink and white pages, No 27 October 1978. .2) Has dark yellow cover, yellow and white pages, No 29 April/May 1979. .3) Request form, typed on blue paper re donations to "Maritime Trust of Australia". newsletters, naval, history

Belonged to Arthur George Holley No 13556 RAN HMAS Hobart. Refer 2134 for service history also 2135.3, 2137, 2147.Newspaper, "The Wombat Times". Annual of HM Australian ship "Hobart". 12 pages, very yellowed, contains articles, poetry, stories, photos. .1) Pages 1,2,11,12. .2) Pages 3,4,9,10. .3) Pages 5,6,7,8.papers, naval, history