WHAT'S NEW ?

18TH JUL 2006 "AUSTRALIA 1940" - Added aerial photo of PERTH arriving Garden Island
 

"ENGLAND 1939" - Added new photos of naming ceremony - photo of AMPHION at South Railway jetty, Coat of Arms, ship's lifebuoy. Ship's Bell in New York.

  "CAMOUFLAGE" - Added new drawings for camouflage patterns and photos of aerial
ID markings.
  "CREW PHOTO" - Pages: Under construction
  "PLANS &SPECS" - Added details and photos of aircraft attached to PERTH.
   
21ST JUL 2006 "SUNDA STRAIT" Added a panoramic photo of the Java coast taken from above the PERTH wreck
by Australian diver, Kevin Denlay.
   
24TH JUL 2006 "USN SHIPS" - Added new photo of USS Pillsbury 1937 courtesy of David Wright.
7TH AUG 2006 "HMS AMPHION" - WW1 AMPHION page - added photo of Capt.Cecil Fox
12TH AUG 2006 "MATAPAN" Added bio of Cunningham and Pridham-Wippell & photo of Admiral Cunningham
28TH AUG 2006 " ENGLAND" - Added photo of Duchess of Kent boarding ship.
  " PLANS & SPECS" - Added Dressing Ship Flag Diagram and photos and description of Ship's Badge
 
" HMS AMPHION" - Photo of Xmas Card from crewman Alan Biggs and photo of Capt Burnett and Vice Admiral Tottenham added
3rd SEP 2006 "Aircraft" - "Ship's Badge" - "Dressing Ship", now have their own pages.
18th SEP 2006 "HOUSTON" - photo of Marine Floyd Barron added
21st SEP 2006 "CREW PHOTO" - 15 photos added
4th OCT 2006 "HMS AMPHION" - names of crew killed in crash of aircraft from HMS NEPTUNE added.
10th OCT 2006 "CREW PHOTO" - photo of Jack Cox added
8th OCT 2006 "CREW PHOTO" - photo E.C.WHITE added
2nd DEC 2006 "AMPHION" - Added photo of RAF Armourer T.W.Mills who was attached to HMS Amphion
 
2007
9th Feb 2007 "CREW PHOTO" - photo of A.V.Furey added
10th Feb 2007 "MODEL OF PERTH" page added with photos of Ian Howard's working model of HMAS PERTH
5th May 2007 "CREW PHOTO" - photo of E.S.Burton added
12th Jun 2007 "CREW PHOTO" - photo of Leslie Bruse added
12th Jun 2007 " SUNDA" - More info added regarding paint scheme of USS Houston in her Darwin Photo
1st Jul 2007 "CAMOUFLAGE" - Added photo of PERTH taken 1941-42
19th Aug 2007 "CREW LIST" - Added an Excel Spreadsheet of the crew as at the 1st Mar 1942 - Generously provided by Roger Mansell of the Center of research - Allied POWs under the Japanese.
20th Sep
2007

"AIRCRAFT" - Added "Angry Duck" insignia from the 1942 Walrus and the 1941 "Skull" insignia.
17th Nov
2007
"USS HOUSTON" - Upgraded the Wartime Track Chart
2nd Feb 2008 "AUSTRALIA 1940" - Added another photo of HMAS Perth arriving at Sydney

1st Mar
2008

" IJN SHIPS" - Added new photo of IJN FUBUKI

10th Mar
2008

"MATAPAN" - Added a new photo of HMAS Perth under fire at Matapan