A pictorial history of the Defence site established on Sydney’s South Head in 1877. Now known as HMAS Watson the site is located above Camp Cove. The notes were prepared after a research request for more information on the history of Cliff House. Cliff House, located in the heritage precinct of HMAS Watson is today the residence of the Commander Australian Fleet. ...
Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth: Aircraft Carrier
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AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE FRIGATE: Hunter Class FFG
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New Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) Replacement Vessels for the Royal Australian Navy: NUSHIP Supply
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Keeping the Fleet at Sea
A World War 2 propaganda short produced for the Department of Information by Argosy Production Pty Ltd with the Department of the Navy at National Studios, Pagewood, NSW. Shows work ...
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saving them a long journey around the tip of South America. This video addresses the construction of ...
Hammerhead Crane, Garden Island Naval Dockyard, Sydney
This presentation by Mr Rick Mitchell was provided to RAHS members at History House on 31 July 2014 ...
HMAS Platypus celebrates 50 years
Watch Channel 7 news coverage of Sydney’s former submarine base 50th anniversary event at Neutral Bay Sydney. ...
Proto Oxygen Breathing Apparatus
Provided by Alan Walker ‘The Proto breathing apparatus was a 2 hour duration set, and always were operated in pairs so if one got into trouble the other was a ...
Docking the ex-HMAS Sydney
On 12th June 2017, Ex-HMAS Sydney was docked at the Western Australian Government owned Australian Marine Complex Common User Facility in Henderson Western Australia by AMC Management, the Facility Manager ...
Japanese Surrender Signing On USS Missouri (1945)
This footage is of Japans formal surrender to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. The surrender ceremony was conducted in Tokyo Bay on board USS Missouri 2 ...
Ships, clocks & stars – interview with curator Richard Dunn
Curator Richard Dunn from the Royal Museums Greenwich discusses some of the highlights of Ships, Clocks & Stars. The exhibition offers visitors the rare chance to see the extraordinary nautical ...
Garden Island Hammerhead Crane Deconstruction Documentary
Liberty Industrial carried out the deconstruction of the historic Hammerhead Crane located at the Garden Island Naval Base on Sydney Harbour. The project involved dismantling the giant cantilevered dockside crane ...
The Burial of Australia’s First Flagship HMAS Australia
On the 4th of October 1913 HMAS Australia led the new fleet through the heads of Sydney Harbour. HMAS Australia, an Indefatigable-class battle cruiser, was The Royal Australian Navy’s first ...
1913 RAN Fleet Entry
First entry of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney in 1913. Courtesy of Sea Power Centre – Australia. ...
2013 International Fleet Review Launch
The International Fleet Review was held to commemorate the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet into Sydney which occurred on 4 October 1913. The International ...
Australia’s lost ANZAC submarine AE2
This report on submarine AE2, lost just days after the ANZACs attacked the Dardanelles in 1915 provides images of the wreck taken during an expedition to the wreck led by ...
1969 The Vung Tau Ferry
HMAS Sydney (III) in her configuration as a Fast Troop Transport undertook numerous voyages to Vietnam between 1965-1972. This short video records the voyage undertaken between 15 November 1969 – ...