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<P><FONT SIZE=4>This site is a "virtual review" of a fleet which has long since vanished. It contains descriptions, specifications, potted histories and some photographs of all the ships, large and small, old and new, regular and auxilliary, which equipped Australia's Navy between 1939 and 1945. It may well be the most comprehensive historical Australian warship listing available! There is also mention of a few of the thousands of servicemen who sailed in them.</FONT>
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<P>To find out more about how and why this site was developed, <A HREF="about.htm"><B><I>click here.</B></I></A>
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