"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep...He raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves...they reel to and fro and stagger like drunken sailors!" (psalm 107)

NEWS FLASH!! Next 16th MSS Reunion - 14th - 16th - September 2012 at the Twin Towns RSL, Coolangatta, Gold Coast.
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The Bensted Home Pages consist of records of my Royal Australian Navy Service and my Merchant Navy Service, and some pages dedicated to my favorite Navy Ships:
HMAS Curlew and HMAS Melbourne


HMAS Curlew HMAS Melbourne

Viewable Sitemap - where there are lots of other interesting pages about Royal Australian Navy ships and aircraft plus pages relating to the Indonesian Confrontation and the political atmosphere in Britian, USA, Australia and the Far East at the time.

We are proud to advise that this site has been electronically archived by the Australian National Library's PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia) project as "an online publication of national significance".

This web site built and owned by Phil Bensted, feel free to use, copy or publish any images or parts of these pages. Pages in my web site represent my own views and I do not pretend or assume to, nor do I, represent others.