WHAT'S NEW ?
2006 |
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18th JUL |
"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. |
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| "CAMOUFLAGE" - Added new drawings for camouflage
patterns and photos of aerial ID markings. |
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| "CREW PHOTO" - Pages: Under construction | |
| "PLANS &SPECS" - Added details and photos of aircraft attached to PERTH. | |
21th JUL |
"SUNDA STRAIT" Added a panoramic photo of
the Java coast taken from above the PERTH wreck by Australian diver, Kevin Denlay. |
24th JUL |
"USN SHIPS" - Added new photo of USS Pillsbury 1937 courtesy of David Wright. |
7th AUG |
"HMS AMPHION" - WW1 AMPHION page - added photo of Capt.Cecil Fox |
12th AUG |
"MATAPAN" Added bio of Cunningham and Pridham-Wippell & photo of Admiral Cunningham |
28th AUG |
" 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 |
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3rd SEP |
"Aircraft" - "Ship's Badge" - "Dressing Ship", now have their own pages. |
18th SEP |
"HOUSTON" - photo of Marine Floyd Barron added |
21st SEP |
"CREW PHOTO" - 15 photos added |
4th OCT |
"HMS AMPHION" - names of crew killed in crash of aircraft from HMS NEPTUNE added. |
10th OCT |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo of Jack Cox added |
8th OCT |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo E.C.WHITE added |
2nd DEC |
"AMPHION" - Added photo of RAF Armourer T.W.Mills who was attached to HMS Amphion |
2007 |
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9th Feb |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo of A.V.Furey added |
10th Feb |
"MODEL OF PERTH" page added with photos of Ian Howard's working model of HMAS PERTH |
5th May |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo of E.S.Burton added |
12th Jun |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo of Leslie Bruse added |
12th Jun |
" SUNDA" - More info added regarding paint scheme of USS Houston in her Darwin Photo |
1st Jul |
"CAMOUFLAGE" - Added photo of PERTH taken 1941-42 |
19th Aug |
"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 |
"AIRCRAFT" - Added "Angry Duck" insignia from the 1942 Walrus and the 1941 "Skull" insignia. |
17th Nov |
"USS HOUSTON" - Upgraded the Wartime Track Chart |
2008 |
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2nd Feb |
"AUSTRALIA 1940" - Added another photo of HMAS Perth arriving at Sydney |
| 1st Mar |
" IJN SHIPS" - Added new photo of IJN FUBUKI |
10th Mar |
"MATAPAN" - Added a new photo of HMAS Perth under fire at Matapan |
3rd Dec |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo T. J JOHNSTON added |
2009 |
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5th May |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo N.D.McWILLIAM added |
23rd Aug |
"AUSTRALIA 1940" - Added photo of PERTH in Sydney thanks to HMAS Perth Assoc. |
2nd Oct |
"SUNDA STRAIT" - Info added re the time of reports of the position of the Japanese Invasion Force |
2010 |
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18th Jul |
"CREW PHOTO" - photo of N.F.H.DIXON added |
11th Aug |
"PERTH PHOTOS" - Added autographed photo of HMAS Perth 1940-41 thanks to Kevin Denlay |
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"MALTA" - "GREECE" - "CREW LIST" Added casualties for the Meditteranean 1940-1941. |
31st Dec |
"AMPHION" Aircraft profile and details added - "MATAPAN" Map of day action added |
2011 |
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MAR-APR |
Whole site updated - New photos and information added - Maps updated - More crew photos added - Aircraft now all on one page and changed to "Profile Drawings" only. |
15th May |
"DAD" - Added photo of Dad and friends taken about Oct 1941 courtesy of Sally Shine " WRECKS TODAY" - Added photos of PERTH courtesy of Andrew Flock |
5th Oct |
"AIRCRAFT"- Added Kawanishi Flying boat and Mitsubishi "Claude" to Japanese Aircraft and updated Zero image. Added new 1942 image of SOC-3 to Houston Aircraft. |
| 11th Nov |
"AIRCRAFT" - Added early 1935 O2U Aircraft to HOUSTON images. |
28 Nov |
"CREW PHOTOS" - Added photos of C.RYAN and R.RYAN |
17 Dec |
"AUSTRALIA 1942" - Added three new photos from Nov 1941. "CAMOUFLAGE"- More information added on last camouflage |
2012 |
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4th Jan |
" PLANS & SPECS" Details of Aircraft/Boat cranes added |
27th Jan |
" PLANS & SPECS" Details of Aircraft Catapults added |
6th Apr |
"CREW PHOTOS" Added photos of J.N HILL and R.J.TOMS |
6th Apr |
"AIRCRAFT" - Adjusted dates of the HOUSTON Aircraft |
20th Aug |
"CREW PHOTOS" - Added photo of J.D.BRADLEY |
| 2013 | |
| 7th Mar | "AIRCRAFT" Photo added of Walrus L2293 |
| 7th Mar | " VC FOR WALLER" - Results of Tribunal decision added | 19th Apr | "DAD" Richard DICKSON identified |