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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.
210 x 148 mm, 272 pages, 35 photographs, 4 maps. ISBN 9781877058721, RRP $29.95 Due for release in April, available to Members: March 2008
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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. Due for release in April, available to Members: March 2008
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2 set DVD
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 SUBMARINERS
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 video librarys.
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 DVD -The 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 Artic 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.
Compiled from more than 20 hours of archival footage, 250 still photographs and new footage the Voyage of the Nautilus is expertly narrated by actor Sam Neill to deliver a moving, inspirational and remarkable film experience .
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DVD
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Running Time: 70 Minutes
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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……
After two years of investigation, this documentary unveils the contradictions, lies and secrets created by the authorities at the time, hiding the true origins of the disaster. The film exposes a truly disturbing story:
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• A military exercise to sell the Chinese weapons that could change the balance of naval power in the Pacific.
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• A confrontation between the Kursk and two American submarines
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• The hostile firing of an MK40 torpedo resulting in the sinking
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• Russian jets launched carrying nuclear warheads
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• A purposefully delayed rescue effort to hide the confrontation
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Billions of dollars in debt relief to Russia from the US following the disaster
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Ultimate Battles: Waterloo
Shot in High Definition, the documentary Ultimate Battles: Waterloo examines the final stand - and ultimate defeat of - one of history's greatest military geniuses: Napoleon Bonaparte.
Through the use of cutting-edge computer-generated effects, exquisitely detailed re-creations and interviews with noted historians, Ultimate Battles: Waterloo highlights how a brutal one-day clash between 200,000 combatants forever altered the course of the European continent and the world itself.
This DVD has been requested by several members, will make a great gift for those interested in Naval history.
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