For the January lecture at the Society, Mike VK2MDP spoke about a combination of family and naval history, centred around the World War 2 frigate, HMAS Diamantina, which now lives at the Queensland Maritime Museum. Mike discovered historical connections between the ship and HMS Teviot, while he was researching his father’s service in the Royal Navy.

See the lecture here: https://youtu.be/9cqgIwG_8Kk

Ray Robinson VK2NO has given us permission to reproduce his article on the Diamantina, which was published in SIGNAL, the journal of the Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society: