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Occasional Paper 46: Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, Distinguished Service Cross and 2 Bars, RANVR, WWII

A.N. Other · May 21, 2025 ·

Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, RANVR was one of manyRoyal Australian Naval personnel whose service in Royal Navy units during the darkest days ofWorld War 2 has gone largely unnoticed in ...

Occasional Paper 45: HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party,Persian Gulf 2004

Kingsley Perry · May 21, 2025 ·

The following story was first published in the June 2007 edition of the Naval Historical Review. At the time, very little news about the RANs day to day activities was ...

Occasional Paper 44: The Fairey Gannet A/S1

A.N. Other · May 21, 2025 ·

By CMDR (P) R. V. Morritt,RAN Rtd The Fairey Gannet A/S 1 aircraft was introduced into the Royal Australian Navy(RAN) Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in 1955. When embarked in the ...

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 ...

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