Australian Navy Tribute
Australian Navy Tribute.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Established in 1901, the RAN was formed out of the Commonwealth Naval Forces to become the small navy of Australia after federation, consisting of the former colonial navies of the new Australian states. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom continued to provide blue-water defence in the Pacific until WW2, when expansion of the RAN saw the acquisition of aircraft carriers, and other large surface vessels.
Today the RAN is one of the largest naval forces in the Pacific region and has a significant presence in the Indian Ocean, and has undertaken operations in support of military campaigns and peacekeeping missions worldwide.
During WW1 the RAN was initially responsible for capturing many of Germany's colonies in the South Pacific and protecting Australian shipping from the German East Asia Squadron. For the remainder of the war most of the RAN's major ships operated as part of Royal Navy forces in the Mediterranean and North Seas.
During the 1920s and early 1930s the Royal Australian Navy was greatly reduced in size. As international tensions increased, however, the RAN was modernised and expanded. During the early years of WW2 ships from the RAN again operated as part of the Royal Navy, with RAN ships serving with distinction in the Mediterranean. Following the outbreak of the Pacific War and the virtual destruction of the Royal Navy force in Asia the RAN increasingly operated independently or as part of United States Navy forces. By the end of the war, the RAN was the fifth largest navy in the world.
While the size of the RAN was greatly reduced after WW2, the Navy gained new capabilities with the delivery of two aircraft carriers. The RAN saw action in many Cold War era conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region and operated alongside the Royal Navy and United States Navy off Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam. Following the end of the Cold War the RAN has participated in Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean and has formed a critical element in Australian-led operations in East Timor and the Solomon Islands.
On 19 November 1941, during WW2, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran fought each other in the Indian Ocean, off Western Australia. The two ships destroyed each other and Sydney was lost with all 645 hands. Most of the crew from Kormoran were rescued and became prisoners of war.
NEW: The wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast in 1941, has 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.
At about 4pm on 19 November, somewhere west of Shark Bay, Western Australia, Sydney sighted what she believed to be a merchant ship about 20 kilometres (11 nmi) away and challenged her. The other ship identified herself as the Dutch ship Straat Malakka. She was, in fact, the German merchant raider Kormoran sailing under a false flag. According to survivors from Kormoran, the ill-prepared Sydney closed to within 1,000 metres (1,100 yd), and was surprised and overwhelmed when the crew of the heavily armed raider opened fire at nearly point-blank range with concealed artillery and torpedoes.
Kormoran was also badly damaged in the ensuing battle and had to be abandoned and scuttled due to a fire that was burning out of control. Survivors from Kormoran were rescued by the Aquitania and they reported that Sydney was last seen down by the bow and on fire as she disappeared over the horizon.
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National War Memorial in Dover
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A short documentary film produced by Lavender Blue Media to support the campaign to build a National War Memorial on Dover's White Cliffs at Western Heights to commemorate the 1.7 million servicemen and women, merchant navy personnel and civilians who died in the service of this country in the first and second world wars
2016 Remembrance Day Ceremony - Australian National Maritime Museum
Able Seaman Iain Hamilton
Iain Hamilton deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations on board HMAS Arunta in 2007. A steward by trade, Hamilton was also a member of the boarding parties that carried out searches in the Persian Gulf. He has since qualified as a Submariner.
HMAS Australia 1944-1945 / Geoffrey Preston Hood
An amateur film taken by Geoffrey Preston Hood while serving aboard the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia. Opening scene of a dug out canoe with native boys and men along side HMAS Australia. Long boat full with crew from HMAS Australia being towed by motor launch. Approaching shore of a tropical island. Moored boats in the distance. Close up of backs of bare chest crew as boat approaches the shore. Crew land on the island. Sailor seated under a palm tree drinking beer. Pans of the island beach. Shots of coral formations. On the deck of HMAS Australia crewmen walking away from camera. Spectacled officer walking towards camera. Native outrigger canoe paddle alongside HMAS Australia. Long shot of an island. Crew member in a sailboat. Motor boat underway in the mid distance. Long shot of the stern of HMAS Australia. Long shot from boat approaching an island of a United States Navy (USN) heavy cruiser. Long shot of tropical island showing coconut palms and people walking along the shore. Approaching the shore showing a hut on stilts on the shore line. Long shot of Australians and natives walking on the beach. Coconut groves and a native village. Scenes of village activities. Long shot of camouflaged cruiser under steam. Long shot view of a heavy cruiser escorting troopships. Long shot of a cruiser firing main guns. Long shot pan of island with destroyer firing guns. Medium long shot of a USN destroyer. Extreme long shot of ship on the horizon sending message with signal lamp. Long shot then medium long shot of a USN Hospital ship. Hospital ship's long boat and motor boat alongside HMAS Australia. Long boats sailing away from HMAS Australia. Rough seas. Long shot of New York harbour and various scenes of the city skyline, harbour traffic and Statue of Liberty. At sea. A Royal Navy destroyer sails past. Long shot of Sunderland. Long shot of shore probably the United Kingdom (UK) Sunderland flying boat in flight. Passing a dredging ship in the harbour. Sightseeing in the UK. HMAS Australia sailing through the Suez Canal. Ceylon and sailors walking away from camera along a road.. Australians sightseeing. [Start Colour] Long shot of US Escort carrier with aircraft approaching to land. Long shot of escort aircraft carrier with capital ship in the distance. Camera pans to an other escort carrier. Medium close up of Lieutenant and sailor standing on deck in front of 40mm Bofors Anti Aircraft gun. Patrol boat or sloop approaches. Extreme Long shot of the fleet. Medium Close up of sailor holding tin helmet standing next to twin AA gun. Crewman seated washing up in a bucket. Long shot of camouflaged capital ship. Long shot of sunset [out of focus] Ls of ship [out of focus]. Medium close up of crew member frame left with mountainous island in background. On deck of the ship longshot of crew around 40mm AA gun. Long shot of island . HMAS Australia under steam . Long shot of the fleet showing troop or supply ships. Deck scenes and long shots of merchant vessels [out of focus]. Medium long shots of natives in dug out canoe. HMAS Australia underway with USN escort carrier. Scenes on deck crew men under 8 inch gun turrets. Close up of spectacled crewman. Crewman relaxing on deck. Long shot of a small mountainous island. Crossing the line ceremony.
Collected - 013 Against all odds
During the Second World War, the oceans of the world became even more perilous – for civilians and merchant seamen as well as naval forces. In Episode 13 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the stories behind four maritime disasters and the people who survived against the odds.
The start of the ANZAC 2016 Sydney CBD Parade!
One very impressive 2016 Parade and the start of it!
Anzac Day marked in Australia and New Zealand
As is tradition, many people rose early to attend dawn services. The day marks the anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) landing at Gallipoli in Turkey in World War One and remembers the thousands who lost their lives.
Historic images of military servicemen and women were projected onto a building in Sydney during its dawn service. The first Anzac Day commemorations were held on 25 April 1916.
The parade in Sydney was, for the first time ever, led by hundreds of female veterans. Other cities in Australia, including Hobart and Darwin, also saw women appear at the front of marches for the first time.
This year's celebrations in Sydney also saw security measures stepped up. Concrete barriers were reinforced with steel to protect crowds against vehicle attacks.
Crowds gathered in Melbourne at the Shrine of Remembrance to pay their respects at the eternal flame. It symbolises the nation's remembrance and gratitude towards its war dead. Among them, this 96-year-old merchant seaman, Guy Griffiths.
People in Wellington, New Zealand, laid poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, a symbol of remembrance for those who did not make the journey home.
Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders also travelled to Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula, to attend dawn services on the beaches where the Anzac troops first landed in 1915.
The military campaign is seen as marking Australia and New Zealand's post-colonial emergence on the international stage. Attending a Gallipoli service has become something of a right of passage for young people in recent years.
Some 2,400 Australians were killed in the battle to recapture the French town of Villers-Bretonneux from German forces. As part of Anzac Day commemorations, the Prince of Wales attended a service on behalf of the Queen at the Australian National Memorial in the town.
Exhibition remembers fallen Rats of Tobruk
The War Memorial in Canberra is displaying some rarely seen artefacts from when 14,000 Australian troops helped defend the port of Tobruk in Libya in 1941.
RAF Ensign at Cascades (1)
15 September 2014 - Battle of Britain Day - the RAF Ensign is again flying over the site of RAF Gravesend. Possibly for the first time in around seventy years.
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Remembrance Day 2011 - Melbourne Australia
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Linda Gilroy's Maiden HoC Speech 1997
USS McCain Collision- Full News Conference
CHANGI NAVAL BASE SINGAPORE - U.S. Navy Adm. Scott Swift, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, conducts a media availability at Changi Naval Base Aug. 22, 2017 addressing the current status of the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). The McCain sustained significant damage following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Strait of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21, 2017. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton/Released)
4K Georgetown Flea Market - Washington, DC - Sept. 16, 2018
The Georgetown Flea Market began in 1972 as the brainchild of Michael Sussman. Larry McMurtry, who ran a bookstore in Georgetown, based his novel Cadillac Jack on our market. An excellent book. Recommended reading!
Many prominent local, national and international personalities visit the market.
The crowd is as diverse as the items for sale!
Antiques, collectibles, art, furniture, rugs, pottery, china,
jewelry, silver, stained glass, books and photographs
are a sample of the available items.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Open every Sunday 8am to 4pm. Year Round. As with any outdoor market, the weather has an impact on both the numbers of vendors and visitors. If there is a downpour or a blizzard, we suggest you go to the movies. Otherwise, come on down! There will be vendors.
Located at 1819 35th St NW Washington, DC, just north of T St NW on Wisconsin Ave at the Hardy Middle School.
Food
Many varied and interesting places to eat are adjacent to the market.
Types of Payment Accepted
All of our vendors accept cash (U.S. Currency).
Some of our vendors accept personal checks and credit cards. That is between you and the vendor.
Pick-ups
If required, you may bring your vehicle to the entrance for loading.
Make arrangements with the merchant, who will bring your items to the entrance. Be sure not to block traffic during loading.
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. It is extremely expensive to build and important to protect. Aircraft carriers have evolved from converted cruisers to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighter planes, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft.
There is no single definition of an aircraft carrier, and modern navies use several variants of the type. These variants are sometimes categorized as sub-types of aircraft carriers, and sometimes as distinct types of aviation-capable ships. Aircraft carriers may be classified according to the type of aircraft they carry and their operational assignments. Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, former head of the Royal Navy, has said that To put it simply, countries that aspire to strategic international influence have aircraft carriers.
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Titanic: Endless Love - The Incredible Journey
More than 100 years have sailed by since the world's most luxurious steamship, RMS Titanic, made its disastrous end in the North Atlantic sea, after crashing into an iceberg during its maiden voyage from London to New York. A deep-sea grave became the 'pinnacle of human achievement's' final destination in the early hours of April 15 1912.
One passenger, Ida Straus, a first-class female, who by all societal laws was most entitled to a lifeboat position. Offered a chance to survive, Ida Straus refused to go without her husband Isidor. Choosing instead to make the ultimate sacrifice for love, the love and devotion of Ida and Isidor, captured in their final moments together, lives on well beyond their lifetime, serving as a symbol of eternal love. This is their story.
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ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2013 - Today Show, Channel 9
ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2013
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. It is extremely expensive to build and important to protect. Aircraft carriers have evolved from converted cruisers to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighter planes, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft.
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Military history of Australia during World War I | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:12 1 Outbreak of the war
00:05:50 2 German New Guinea
00:10:59 3 First Australian Imperial Force
00:13:46 4 Gallipoli
00:13:55 4.1 Background
00:17:09 4.2 Landing at Anzac Cove
00:19:03 4.3 Krithia
00:20:01 4.4 Turkish counter-attack
00:20:56 4.5 August offensive
00:24:03 4.6 Evacuation
00:26:42 5 Egypt and Palestine
00:26:52 5.1 Reorganisation in Egypt
00:28:13 5.2 Fighting the Senussi Arabs
00:29:25 5.3 Battle of Romani
00:31:34 5.4 Battle of Magdhaba
00:35:16 5.5 Battle of Rafa
00:36:17 5.6 Fighting around Gaza, 1917
00:39:00 5.7 Fighting advance
00:42:59 5.8 Jerusalem
00:44:33 5.9 Transjordan operations
00:45:39 5.10 Final offensive
00:47:18 6 Western Front
00:47:28 6.1 Transfer to Europe
00:51:34 6.2 Battle of the Somme, 1916
00:54:46 6.3 Battle of Bullecourt
00:56:27 6.4 Battle of Messines
00:58:15 6.5 Third Battle of Ypres
01:00:22 6.6 German Spring Offensive, 1918
01:02:36 6.7 Hundred Days Offensive
01:05:14 7 Other theatres
01:06:33 8 Australian Flying Corps
01:06:43 8.1 Formation
01:07:27 8.2 Mesopotamian Half Flight
01:09:20 8.3 Operations in the Middle East
01:10:52 8.4 Fighting on the Western Front
01:14:05 8.5 Legacy
01:15:16 9 Royal Australian Navy operations
01:19:07 10 Home front
01:19:16 10.1 Australian Military Forces on home service
01:22:35 10.2 Conscription
01:25:41 10.3 Internment, censorship and other special measures
01:28:30 10.4 Economy
01:33:27 11 After the war
01:33:37 11.1 Repatriation and demobilisation
01:37:25 11.2 Legacy
01:40:51 12 Statistics
01:41:36 13 See also
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In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to participate in the conflict. The first campaign that Australians were involved in was in German New Guinea after a hastily raised force known as the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force was dispatched from Australia to seize German possessions in the Pacific in September 1914. At the same time another expeditionary force, initially consisting of 20,000 men and known as the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), was raised for service overseas.
The AIF departed Australia in November 1914 and, after several delays due to the presence of German naval vessels in the Indian Ocean, arrived in Egypt, where they were initially used to defend the Suez Canal. In early 1915, however, it was decided to carry out an amphibious landing on the Gallipoli peninsula with the goal of opening up a second front and securing the passage of the Dardanelles. The Australians and New Zealanders, grouped together as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), went ashore on 25 April 1915 and for the next eight months the Anzacs, alongside their British, French and other allies, fought a costly and ultimately unsuccessful campaign against the Turks.
The force was evacuated from the peninsula in December 1915 and returned to Egypt, where the AIF was expanded. In early 1916 it was decided that the infantry divisions would be sent to France, where they took part in many of the major battles fought on the Western Front. Most of the light horse units remained in the Middle East until the end of the war, carrying out further operations against the Turks in Egypt and Palestine. Small numbers of Australians served in other theatres of war. While the main focus of the Australian military's effort was the ground war, air and naval forces were also committed. Squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps served in the Middle East and on the Western Front, while elements of the R ...