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SUBMARINERS
- THE DVD
Get up close and
personal with the HMAS Rankin, one of Australia’s
controversial Collins Class submarines, in this
intriguing new documentary series, as she undertakes
a journey from the West Australian coast to the
waters of Korea, Japan and Hawaii.
Granted
unprecedented access that blurs the lines of
National Security, SUBMARINERS takes you deep inside
the belly of the HMAS Rankin, exposing the lives and
pressures faced by her crew, both men and woman, as
they live and work within the claustrophobic
corridors and isolation of a submarine.
This is a must
for all submariners video library.
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$25.00
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THE
KURSK - A Submarine in Troubled Waters
The story is constructed like a “counter espionage”
documentary. It underlines the gap between a nation torn apart by a
human tragedy and a government willing to stop at nothing to reach
it global aims
In August 2000 the pride of the
Russian navy and its 118 crew lay at the bottom of the Barents Sea.
The unthinkable had happened. The Kursk, the world’s most
technologically advanced nuclear submarine and pride of the Russian
Fleet had sunk.
The Kremlin’s
explanation: It was caused by the accidental explosion of an old
fashioned torpedo. This version of events was readily accepted by
the Russian and international press. However, the real causes of the
tragedy have never been exposed. Until now…… |
Running Time:
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$25.00
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HMAS SYDNEY - DVD
The wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West
Australian coast in 1941, has at last been found. The Sydney's entire
crew of 645 went down with the ship in the Indian Ocean and its location
has been a mystery for 66 years. The DVD of “The Hunt for HMAS Sydney”,
a documentary of this momentous discovery, was screened on ABC TV on 1st
April and followed by this priority DVD release.
The DVD will include the history of the Sydney and German raider
Kormoran, along with interviews with bereaved family members, naval
personnel, historians, and those who have made the search happen with
their determination to bring closure. It will also include an animated
segment showing the battle between the rival ships based on evidence
gleaned from German survivors.
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BENEATH
THE DARDENELLES
The AE2 achieved a daring passage
through the Dardanelles on 25 April 1915 when Anzac troops were
landing on the other side at Anzac Cove. The Royal and French
navies' previous attempts at passage had ended in disaster.
AE2's mission to 'run amuck' ended after five days in the Sea of
Marmara when it was caught by the Turkish Sultanhisar torpedo
boat. After being holed, AE2's captain Stoker scuttled the
submarine and its crew were saved by Sultanhisar's captain, Ali
Riza.
This book is based on the memoirs of the captains of AE2
and Sultanhisar.
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$25.00
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THE
VUNG TAU FERRY (HMAS SYDNEY) AND ESCORT SHIPS (VIETNAM 1965-1972)
This book recognise the major contribution of those many members of the
Royal Australian Navy whose dedicated service in the Vietnam war was for
so long ignored. These are the 9,800 RAN personnel who, through
dedication to the task over seven years transported safely and on time
about 15,600 Army and RAAF personnel, along with many tons of weapons,
stores and equipment during the 25 operational voyages HMAS Sydney and
her escorting destroyers made to and from Vietnam.
The book includes: a nominal list of those who served, the dates and
composition of the 25 Troop Transport Task Force groups that served in
the operational area, and first hand accounts by sailors and soldiers
who sailed in HMAS Sydney and the Escort Ships of the RAN, namely HMAS
Melbourne, HMAS Anzac, HMAS Derwent, HMAS Duchess, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS
Stuart, HMAS Swan, HMAS Torrens, HMAS Vampire, HMAS Vendetta and HMAS
Yarra.
Authors Rodney Nott and Noel Payne are veterans of this major Vietnam
logistic operation.
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$27.50
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TIGER
TERRITORY The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast
Asia 1948 to 1971
Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for
British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast
Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into
effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost
unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya,
Malaysia and Singapore.
With British and New Zealand forces, they fought
against insurrection and infiltration during the Malayan Emergency
between 1955 and 1960 and countered Indonesian incursions and
infiltrations into Malaysia and Singapore during Confrontation
(1964-66). In the process, RAN personnel held key positions in the Royal
Malaysian Navy during its most challenging period of development and
growth.
In this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a
potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with
Southeast Asia and its concept of ‘forward defence’. While the Vietnam
War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in
creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and
Singapore now enjoy, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging
Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land
forces, or patiently laying the foundations for the regional navies to
build upon. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this
underappreciated achievement, and recounts their previously unpublished
experiences.
Paperback by Ian Pfennigwerth. 225 x 150 mm, 344 pages,
53 b&w photos and 9 maps. ISBN 9781877058653, RRP $29.95
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The Navy and the Nation
Edited by David Stevens and John Reeve
The influence of the Navy on modern Australia - A history of the
Australian navy focusing on the contribution of the RAN in peace and war
to Australia's development and the potential it has to continue this
into the future.
Australia has often been described as a nation shaped by war. From an
early age, every Australian is taught the significance of Gallipoli and
the Anzac legend. This, however, is but one dimension of the military's
impact on our nation's coming of age. Australia, after all, is an
island. It was the Navy which explored and founded European Australia,
and it is the Navy which has ever since been critical to our national
security.
With its ancestry in the Royal Navy and the former colony-based navies,
the Australian Navy was established in 1901. Since that time it has
helped Australia enter the international community as a modern,
self-reliant nation and has been indispensable in protecting Australia's
sovereignty and national interests.
Despite the Navy being one of Australia's oldest and most important
institutions, the links between nation-building and the Navy have never
before received detailed study. Bringing together scholars from
Australia and overseas, The Navy and the Nation examines the extent of
the Navy's contribution to our national development. It shows, too, how
the Navy has played a vital role in defining our independent national
identity.
A former naval officer, David Stevens is a graduate of the University of
New South Wales and the Australian National University, and is currently
Director of Strategic and Historical Studies within the Sea Power Centre
- Australia. He has written and edited several books on maritime
strategy and naval history.
John Reeve is Senior Lecturer and Osborne Fellow in Naval History at the
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
He has written extensively on early modern and contemporary diplomatic
and strategic issues.
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The Royal Australian Navy in World War II
Edited by David Stevens
The definitive account of the part the Royal Australian Navy played in
the Second World War. With new material provided by leading naval
historians from Australia and overseas, this revised edition of The
Royal Australian Navy in World War II more fully examines the part the
Royal Australian Navy played throughout six years of global conflict.
Drawing on recently released official documents and the latest scholarly
research, new light is shed on the vital importance of Australia's role
in maritime campaigns in every theatre.
The coverage ranges from the exploits of individual ships and men to the
broad issues of strategy and naval policy. In lively accounts of
operations ranging from the Atlantic through the Mediterranean and to
the Pacific, both the triumphs and tragedies of war at sea are
critically considered. The home front, too, is not neglected and the
essential contributions of women and industry are analysed in detail.
Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, The Royal
Australian Navy in World War II goes far towards encapsulating
Australia's naval war in one volume.
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A Very Rude Awakening - The night
the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour
Peter Grose - Paperback
A ground-breaking new look at one of the most extraordinary stories of
Australia at war.
On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best:
partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens,
clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sailors,
soldiers and airmen on leave in Australia's most glamorous city. The war
seemed far away. Newspapers devoted more pages to horse racing than to
Hitler.
That Sunday night the party came to a shattering halt when three
Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour, past eight electronic
indicator loops, past six patrolling Royal Australian Navy ships, and
past an anti-submarine net stretched across the inner harbour entrance.
Their arrival triggered a night of mayhem, courage, chaos and high farce
which left 27 sailors dead and a city bewildered. The war, it seemed,
was no longer confined to distant desert and jungle. It was right here
at Australia's front door.
Written at the pace of a thriller and based on new first person accounts
and previously unpublished official documents, A Very Rude Awakening is
a ground-breaking and myth-busting look at one of the most extraordinary
stories ever told of Australia at war.
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DVD
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Voyage of the Nautilus (Hubert Wilkins)
The journey of Sir Hubert
Wilkins in a rusty WW1 submarine to the North pole in 1931. He set out from New
York aboard the outdated O-Class submarine Nautilus, of which he leased
for a single dollar, towards the last unknown, the Arctic Ocean.
The Nautilus expedition was a triumph of imagination and
courage, but it ended in mutiny and personal tragedy, his boat
eventually scuttled off the coast of Norway.
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