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Transport to Another World: HMS Tamar and the Sinews of Empire

Submitted by stephenD on Wed, 2022-05-25 18:23
Author: 
Stephen Nicholas Guy DAVIES [1945- ]

The book places the story of HMS Tamar into the larger pictures of the expansion and decline of the British Empire and, in the post-war period, of the after effects of that empire, especially in the post-colonial era. It also places the Tamar in the context of a unique and little studied, 50-year experiment in which the Royal Navy designed and operated troopships as commissioned warships, and developed early systems of amphibious warfare that were not subsequently built upon.

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Triumph
China station
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naval yard
Battle of Hong Kong
wreck
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HMS ARGUS-Aircraft Carrier-China Cruise-1927-1928.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2017-04-22 21:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

HMS Argus served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from the ocean liner, Conte Rosso, laid down in 1914 by William Beardmore and Company in Dalmuir, Scotland, that was under construction when the First World War began. 

Photo album of Rear-Admiral Victor Gallafent Gurner

Submitted by 80sKid on Thu, 2015-02-19 09:57

Some great old photos of Hong Kong from early 1900s, including naval ships, Deep Water Bay, golfing and snipe shooting in Fanling. Album 1 and 3 have photos of Hong Kong. He was a first lieutenant on cruiser Cresser, which was torpedoed in 1914, and commanded HMS Monmouth and HMS Albion on the China station. Also has photos of Chemulpo Bay in Korea, where the Japanese fought the Russians, and other places.

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