By Commander David Jordan CSC RAN (Rtd) STS Young Endeavour has been in Service with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since 1988. The Sail Training Ship undertakes about 20 experiential development ...
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Occasional Paper 214: The Butterfly Effect
By David Nicolson This story about warship models, photographs and exhibitions is the result of a conversation between the Naval Historical Society’s president and WA Chapter president, David Nicolson about ...
Occasional Paper 213: Australia’s National and Maritime Flags
This paper has been developed from material provided by renown vexillographer John Vaughan OAM and other sources to recognise the origin and evolution of flags flown by the Royal Australian ...
Occasional Paper 212: Australia in 1940: the Calm Before the Storm
By Richard Pelvin This paper by former RAN historian Richard Pelvin was first published in ‘Australia’s Navy 1990-91’. It is republished with the kind permission of the Director, Sea Power ...
Occcasional Paper 211: The Culture of the Royal Australian Navy ‘then and now’
The following is an address to the Victorian Chapter of the Naval Historical Society of Australia delivered 24 November 2025. By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods OAM RAN (RETD) Mr President, ...