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57 relations: A. Bertram Chandler, Anthony Carwardine, Anthony Synnot, April 1956, Bofors 40 mm gun, Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, Command of the sea, David Martin (governor), David Stevenson (admiral), De Havilland Sea Venom, Defence of Australia policy, Derek Percy, Ensign O'Toole, Exercise Kangaroo, February 1964, History of the aircraft carrier, HMS Centaur (R06), HMS Royalist (89), Ian Garnett, Ian Knox (admiral), James Willis (admiral), Jinx, John Spicer (Australian politician), Kevin Scarce, Light aircraft carrier, List of Australian Navy Cadet units, List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness, List of warships by nickname, Marist College Kogarah, Melbourne (disambiguation), Michael Hudson (admiral), Military history of Australia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency, On the Beach (1959 film), Peter Hogarth Doyle, Plane guard, R21, R77, Rodney Taylor, Royal Australian Navy, Russ Crane, Second VA-125 (U.S. Navy), Shenyang J-8, SS America (1939), SS South Steyne, Stanley Goble, Timeline of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness, Voyager Point, New South Wales, Westland Wessex, ..., 1969, 1969 in Australia, 1979 Australia Day Honours, 724 Squadron RAN, 808 Naval Air Squadron, 816 Squadron RAN, 817 Squadron RAN. Expand index (7 more) »
A. Bertram Chandler
Arthur Bertram Chandler (28 March 1912 – 6 June 1984) was an AngloAustralian mariner-turned-science fiction author, writing under his own name and the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M.
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Anthony Carwardine
Rear Admiral Anthony Michael "Gerry" Carwardine AO (born 25 March 1938) is a retired Australian naval officer, Chief of Naval Personnel in the Royal Australian Navy and former Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
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Anthony Synnot
Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot, (5 January 1922 – 4 July 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1979 to 1982.
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April 1956
The following events occurred in April 1956.
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Bofors 40 mm gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Canberra-class landing helicopter dock
The Canberra class is a ship class of two Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Command of the sea
A navy has command of the sea (also called control of the sea or sea control) when it is so strong that its rivals cannot attack it directly.
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David Martin (governor)
Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin, (15 April 1933 – 10 August 1990) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy and later Governor of New South Wales.
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David Stevenson (admiral)
Vice Admiral Sir Hugh David Stevenson (24 August 1918 – 26 October 1998) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, serving as Chief of Naval Staff from 1973 to 1976.
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De Havilland Sea Venom
The de Havilland Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom.
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Defence of Australia policy
The Defence of Australia Policy was Australia's dominant defence policy between 1972 and 1997.
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Derek Percy
Derek Ernest Percy (15 September 1948 – 23 July 2013) was an Australian child killer, linked to the mysterious deaths of nine children in the 1960s.
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Ensign O'Toole
Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s.
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Exercise Kangaroo
Exercise Kangaroo was a joint warfare exercise that was held by the Australian Defence Force in the 1970s and 1980s.
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February 1964
The following events occurred in February 1964.
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History of the aircraft carrier
Aircraft carriers are warships that evolved from balloon-carrying wooden vessels into nuclear-powered vessels carrying scores of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
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HMS Centaur (R06)
HMS Centaur was the first of the four light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Royalist (89)
HMS Royalist was a improved ''Dido''-class light cruiser – one of five Bellona class cruisers with only four 5.25 turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament and fire control.
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Ian Garnett
Admiral Sir Ian David Graham Garnett (born 27 September 1944) is a retired Royal Navy officer.
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Ian Knox (admiral)
Vice Admiral Ian Warren Knox AC (born 9 February 1933) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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James Willis (admiral)
Vice Admiral Sir Guido James Willis (18 October 1923 – 15 June 2003) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who rose to the rank of vice admiral.
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Jinx
A jinx (also jynx) in popular superstition and folklore, is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck.
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John Spicer (Australian politician)
Sir John Armstrong Spicer (5 March 1899 – 3 January 1978) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge.
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Kevin Scarce
Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce (born 4 May 1952) is a retired Royal Australian Navy officer who was the 34th Governor of South Australia, serving from August 2007 to August 2014.
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Light aircraft carrier
A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy.
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List of Australian Navy Cadet units
This is a list of all Australian Navy Cadet (ANC) units and flotillas.
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List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness
Below is a detailed list of the ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness, England by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, BAE Systems Marine, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions or any other descendant companies.
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List of warships by nickname
The following is a list of warships listed by nickname.
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Marist College Kogarah
Marist College Kogarah is an independent Catholic College for boys from Years 7 to 12, located in Bexley, New South Wales, Australia.
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Melbourne (disambiguation)
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of Victoria, Australia.
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Michael Hudson (admiral)
Admiral Michael Wyndham "Mike" Hudson (10 March 1933 – 27 February 2005) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), particularly notable for playing an important role in the introduction of the Collins class submarines, Anzac Class frigates and establishing two-ocean basing for ships of the RAN during his tenure as Chief of Naval Staff from 1985 to 1991.
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Military history of Australia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation (Konfrontasi) was fought from 1962 to 1966 between the British Commonwealth and Indonesia.
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Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency (Anti-British National Liberation War) was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party, from 1948 to 1960 in Malaya.
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On the Beach (1959 film)
On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins.
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Peter Hogarth Doyle
Rear Admiral Peter Hogarth Doyle (born 11 April 1925) was a retired rear admiral of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff from 1981 to 1982.
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Plane guard
A plane guard is a warship (commonly a destroyer or frigate) or helicopter tasked to recover the aircrew of planes or helicopters which ditch or crash in the water during aircraft carrier flight operations.
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R21
R21, R-21 or R.21 may refer to:; In military.
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R77
R77 may refer to.
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Rodney Taylor
Vice Admiral Rodney Graham Taylor (11 June 1940 – 1 September 2002) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, serving as Chief of Navy from 1994 to 1997.
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Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force.
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Russ Crane
Vice Admiral Russell Harry "Russ" Crane (born 11 June 1954) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as the Chief of Navy from July 2008 until his retirement in June 2011.
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Second VA-125 (U.S. Navy)
VA-125 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, and was the second squadron to bear the VA-125 designation.
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Shenyang J-8
The Shenyang J-8 (Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is a high-speed, high-altitude Chinese-built single-seat interceptor fighter aircraft.
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SS America (1939)
SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and was designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs.
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SS South Steyne
SS South Steyne is a retired steam ferry.
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Stanley Goble
Air Vice Marshal Stanley James (Jimmy) Goble, CBE, DSO, DSC (21 August 1891 – 24 July 1948) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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Timeline of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
The following is a timeline of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness
The following is a timeline of the history of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom.
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Voyager Point, New South Wales
Voyager Point is a small suburb, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Westland Wessex
The Westland Wessex was a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34.
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1969
The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon (Apollo 11).
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1969 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Australia.
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1979 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 1979 were announced on 26 January 1979 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.
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724 Squadron RAN
724 Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm flying squadron.
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808 Naval Air Squadron
808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940.
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816 Squadron RAN
816 Squadron is a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron that started out as a Royal Navy unit 816 Naval Air Squadron.
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817 Squadron RAN
817 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.
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HMAS Majestic, HMAS Melbourne (1945), HMAS Melbourne (CVS 21), HMAS Melbourne (II), HMAS Melbourne II, HMS Majestic (1945), HMS Majestic (R77).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(R21)
