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Occasional Paper 43: The Press vs RAN Cricket Match 25 January 1933

Editorial Staff · May 21, 2025 ·

Following the 1932-33 Ashes series held in Australia in which English captain Douglas Jardine employed ‘Bodyline’ tactics to combat the batting skills of Don Bradman a much lighter match was ...

Occasional Paper 42: The day the entire German fleet surrendered – 100 years ago

Editorial Staff · May 21, 2025 ·

Armistice Day is remembered as the day World War One ended, but for naval historians Britain’s greatest victory came 10 days later.  Operation ZZ was the code name for the ...

Occasional Paper 40: Secret History of the First Australian to be given Penicillin

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

On Thursday 9th August 2018 the ABC 7.30 Report broadcast a story by Tracy Bowden about the first use of penicillin in Australia.  Tracy has given permission to the Naval ...

Occasional Paper 39: Compelled to Resign THE STORY OF COMMANDER PAUL HUGILL HIRST RAN  1899-1963

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

by Lieutenant Commander Terry Feltham RAN Ret’d “Just because something ends doesn’t mean it never should’ve been.  Remember, you lived, you learned, you grew and you moved on”.  Anon. Why ...

Occasional Paper 37: ALLAN CHARLES GREEN [1878-1954], the man behind the Photos

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

In the State Library of Victoria we have an amazing photographic collection of ship photo thanks to Allan Green. He was born in Daylesford, in the Central Victorian goldfields on ...

Occasional Paper 36: HMAS Sydney (3) Delivery to Australia: 1949

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

Our thanks go to Debbie Irwin for the letter by her uncle, Stoker Mechanician James (Jim) Ashwood of HMAS Sydney (3) to his sister Nancy dated 8 May 1949 about ...

Occasional Paper 35: Loss of HMAS Parramatta (II): First Hand Accounts

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

Recently the Naval Historical Society of Australia was favoured with two handwritten letters from survivors of the sinking of HMAS Parramatta (II) off Tobruk overnight 27 November 1941.  The first ...

Occasional Paper 34: Paddle Steamer PS Weeroona

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

Recently the attention of the NHSA was drawn to the possibility of a paddle-steamer serving in the RAN.  It appears that the closest was PS Weeroona built as a Port ...

Occasional Paper 33: HMAS Cerberus – Early History and Observations

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

This paper was developed after locating a 1970 HMAS Cerberus Wardroom mess dinner menu.  The menu included observations by prominent citizens about HMAS Cerberus and its location at Westernport amongst ...

Occasional Paper 32: HMAS Voyager (I) or What’s in a Coat of Paint?

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

During WWII ships of the RAN were painted in a number of different colour schemes as these photos of Voyager illustrate and information on both peacetime and wartime camouflage paint ...

Occasional Paper 30: HMAS HOBART

Editorial Staff · May 20, 2025 ·

Several events concerning the three HMA Ships Hobart come together with a memorial and commemoration service at the Garden Island Chapel on Sunday 22nd July 2018 at 10.00am. HMAS Hobart ...

Occasional Paper 17: Fleet arrival in Sydney – 4 October 1913

Editorial Staff · May 18, 2025 ·

At an Imperial Conference held in 1909, it was decided to deploy toAustralian waters a naval unit consisting of at least a battle cruiser, three second class cruisers, six destroyers, ...

Occasional Paper 15: Battle of Bita Paka 11 September 1914

Editorial Staff · May 17, 2025 ·

German New Guinea, colonised in 1884, maintained a wireless station at Bitapaka in New Britain.  In 1914 the station was a target for Naval Reservists and others of the Australian ...

Occasional Paper 12: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES: AFTERMATH OF JAPANESE SUBMARINE ATTACK: SYDNEY HARBOUR

Editorial Staff · May 16, 2025 ·

 The following are accounts of individual contributions made by two remarkable people in the aftermath of the Japanese midget submarine attack in Sydney Harbour on 31 May1942. Actions by these ...

Occasional Paper 7: HMAS VAMPIRE MEMORIAL ADDRESS 9 APRIL 2017

Editorial Staff · May 16, 2025 ·

On 9 April 1942, HMAS VAMPIRE (I) was sunk by Japanese bombers in the vicinity of Batticaloa, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the loss of eight lives.  This action was commemorated ...

Occasional Paper 6: Royal Australian Navy Ships Honour Roll

Editorial Staff · May 15, 2025 ·

Given the 75th anniversary commemoration events taking place around Australia and overseas in 2017 to honour ships lost in the RAN’s darkest year, 1942 it is timely to reproduce the ...

Occasional Paper 3: TOBRUK – THE LIFTING OF THE SEIGE

Editorial Staff · May 15, 2025 ·

December 9, 2016 is the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Tobruk, the port on the north coast of Libya, that proved such a thorn in Rommel’s ...

Occasional Paper 191: Aviation in the Royal Australian Navy, the first 65 Years, 1917 to 1982

Editorial Staff · Mar 1, 2025 ·

Sopwith Pup from HMAS Sydney with HMAS Melbourne in the background

The following story is based on a Royal Australian Navy News story first published on Friday 23 April 1982, page 4. Australian Naval aviation this month celebrated the 65th anniversary ...

Occasional Paper 190: Captain Cook Graving Dock 80th Anniversary: Engineering and Art

Editorial Staff · Mar 1, 2025 ·

By Lorraine Fildes and Colin Randall This paper was compiled to mark the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour ...

The United States Navy Yangtze Patrol

Editorial Staff · Mar 6, 2024 ·

An historically symbolic commissioning of USS Canberra in Sydney, New South Wales on 22 July 2023 was recorded in the September 2023 edition of this magazine. The article went on ...

Occasional Paper 180: HMAS Yarra (III): IKARA related Configuration Changes Through Life

Editorial Staff · Mar 4, 2024 ·

Commissioned on 27 July 1961 HMAS Yarra underwent significant configuration enhancements during its 24 years of distinguished service in the Royal Australian Navy. Its major refits involved the installation of ...

Ghost Shark for Navy; The Extra-Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Editorial Staff · Dec 22, 2023 ·

This article first appeared in Australian Warship Issue No 117 published in March 2023 and is reproduced by kind permission of its editor. With so much attention being paid to ...

Littoral Combat Ships

Editorial Staff · Dec 22, 2023 ·

The June edition of this magazine announced the commissioning of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Canberra in Sydney on 22 July 2023. Less than a month later it came ...

Kingfishers over the Shoalhaven

Editorial Staff · Dec 16, 2023 ·

There is a fascinating small book by Barry Pattison titled Kingfishers in the Antipodes which was published in 1998 and later serialised in News & Views, the magazine of the ...

Good Aussie Red takes over from French Champagne in Christening Royal Navy Ships

Editorial Staff · Dec 16, 2023 ·

The previous edition of this magazine contained an article on the remarkable relationship between the Queensland Mining Magnet William D’Arcy and Admiral of the Fleet Lord John (Jacky) Fisher. Towards ...

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