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Young Endeavour Replacement

Editorial Staff · Dec 15, 2023 ·

A new sail training ship will be built in Australia over the next three years, to replace STS Young Endeavour. The original brigantine is now 35 years old, and has ...

Getting in and out of the Naval College

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The June 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article Tristan da Cunha and a Tribute to John Smith, providing a shortened version of the remarkable life story of Commander ...

Historic Cannons Guarding Hamilton; Rare Finds at Gregson Park

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Those with $2.50 concession cards may recall making the most of their travel limits by having a comfortable day’s train outing from Sydney to Newcastle. Alas, Newcastle’s Central Railway Station ...

Former HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki off to Ireland by Heavy Lift Ship

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The following article has been sourced from various local and overseas news outlets. The post-war Royal New Zealand Navy was based around two Dido-class light cruisers, HMNZ Ships Black Prince ...

Inside ‘Nuke School’, the elite US Training Ground preparing Australian Submariners for an AUKUS Future

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The following article has been taken from an ABC News summary of 8 July 2023.  In America’s deep south, a group of students has just completed one of the most ...

USS Canberra commissions in Sydney

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

An historically significant ceremony occurred at Sydney’s Fleet Base East on Saturday 22 July 2023 when the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Canberra commissioned into the United States Navy. This ...

Occasional Paper 168: The Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War: 1943

Editorial Staff · Jul 31, 2023 ·

Eighty years ago, in 1943 the tide of the war in the Pacific was at last turning for the better. After four long years of war and significant RAN ship ...

Occasional Paper 167: Littoral Combat Ship Program Overview

Editorial Staff · Jul 31, 2023 ·

The recent visit by USS Canberra to Australia for commissioning was an historic event which captured the attention of Australians, Americans and many others worldwide. However, many people are impressed ...

Occasional Paper 165: A short history of Building 10

Editorial Staff · Jul 9, 2023 ·

by John Jeremy The designation ‘Building 10’ will be meaningless to most people, yet thousands will have seen this Building 10. It stands on the upper level of Cockatoo Island ...

Occasional Paper 166: A history of HMAS Waterhen

Editorial Staff · Jul 9, 2023 ·

by CMDR Rick Westoby, OAM, RAN   Past History of the Site The site of HMAS Waterhen, on the shoreline of Balls Head Bay, sits within the traditional land of ...

The Rapid Wartime Growth in Royal Australian Navy Shore Establishments

Editorial Staff · Jun 30, 2023 ·

On Monday, 17 September 1945, the Cairns Post newspaper featured a lengthy coverage of the RAN’s shore establishments. This illuminating summary is reproduced below. How many of us can now ...

New Entry Officers’ Course Essays

Editorial Staff · Jun 30, 2023 ·

In 1985 the Naval Historical Society (NHS) first donated an essay prize to the college. The prize consisted of a one-year subscription to the Society and a six-volume bound collection ...

Education News

Editorial Staff · Jun 30, 2023 ·

The following article is taken from The Australian Naval Architect Vol 27 No 1, February 2023 and is reproduced by kind permission of that organisation.  The first student in naval ...

Women Leaders in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Editorial Staff · Jun 30, 2023 ·

The following article stems from a press release issued by the New Zealand Department of Defence on 8 March 2023. The attached photo and explanation have been kindly supplied by ...

Tristan da Cunha and a Tribute to John Smith

Editorial Staff · Jun 30, 2023 ·

The Naval Historical Society is an association of individuals bound together by a love of the navy. Occasionally a member of this band of brothers and sisters stands out from ...

Regal and would-be Regal Yachts

Editorial Staff · Jun 20, 2023 ·

In the era just past we became accustomed to hearing of the Royal Yacht Britannia and there was a tinge of sadness when obsolescence and economies led to her demise. ...

The Maritime Strategic Fleet Taskforce and its Implications for the RAN

Editorial Staff · Jun 3, 2023 ·

The findings of a Maritime Strategic Fleet Taskforce may have a considerable bearing on the future of the impoverished Australian maritime industry and be of great benefit. As this may ...

Occasional Paper 164: Saving the old Parramatta

Editorial Staff · Jun 2, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett The unusual post-war career of the first Australian destroyer The first HMAS Parramatta, a River class torpedo boat destroyer (TBD), was commissioned into the Australian Fleet in ...

Occasional Paper 161: HMAS Tobruk (II) Recognized for Operation SOLACE Service

Editorial Staff · May 2, 2023 ·

Thirty years after the event, HMAS Tobruk and the crew members of her 1992-93 Operation SOLACE deployment to Somalia received approval from the Minister for Defence Personnel, Matt Keogh for ...

Occasional Paper 160: Shipwright First Class Patrick Daniel Murphy BEM

Editorial Staff · Apr 4, 2023 ·

The following biography is based on that prepared by the Museum of Perth for the Soldiers of Barrack Street exhibition. Included in the second part of this paper is a ...

Warrant Officer of the Navy

Editorial Staff · Mar 8, 2023 ·

The previous incumbent, WO Deb Butterworth OAM CSM & Bar, held this prestigious position for three years until December 2022 when WO Andrew Bertoncin OAM became the tenth Warrant Officer ...

An Australian minesweeper goes to Cyprus

Editorial Staff · Mar 8, 2023 ·

The following arises from the article A Magnificent Greek Warship published in the December 2022 edition of the Naval Historical Review which explored the history of the Greek museum ship ...

The Big Guns of Tarawa

Editorial Staff · Mar 8, 2023 ·

By Walter Burroughs The December 2022 edition of this magazine contained an article A Lonely and Dangerous Vigil regarding New Zealand Coastwatching operations in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Comments ...

The Newport Medieval Ship Project

Editorial Staff · Mar 8, 2023 ·

This article originally appeared in the Magazine of the Institute of Conservation (ICON News) Issue 101, August 2022 and is reproduced, with minor amendments, by kind permission of the author ...

Occasional Paper 154: The Expedition to Malaita

Editorial Staff · Feb 4, 2023 ·

The following is a chapter from the biography of Harvey Wilmot, ‘I’ll tell the world’ written by his son Jeff Wilmot. Harvey Wilmot served as a telegraphist in the Royal; ...

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