By Midshipman W.A. Stow, RAN William Stow was born in Plymouth, England in 1987 and spent the majority of his youth moving with his father, an officer in the Royal ...
Battles and operations
Book review: The Pacific Fleet – The Royal Navy’s Most Powerful Strike Force
Sydney-Emden battle stamps of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
By Richard Breckon Following from recent cover pictures of the June edition of the Review featuring Australian warships depicted on postage stamps the well known philatelist Richard Breckon has ...
“FORCE H” and Naval Signalman Basil Box
Commercial trawlers in Two Wars
HMAS Australia at Dakar 1940
To the current generation Australia being at war with France is unthinkable but this account of events during the early days of WW2 shows the role HMAS Australia played in ...
Gallipoli 1915
The RAN Contribution to the ‘Spirit of Anzac’
Letters: ONS 5 and the U-Boat Battle
Dear Sir, I was very pleased to read the article by Captain A.M. Downes entitled ONS 5 and the U-Boat Battle in the latest issue of the Naval Historical Review. ...
Battle Honour Board – HMAS Kanimbla
At a recent ceremony held onboard HMAS Kanimbla (CMDR Tim Byles, RAN) the ship’s recently refurbished Battle Honour Board was re-dedicated by Chaplain Col Acton, RAN. The Battle Honours Board ...
An Historic Letter
Recommended for a High Award
Kamikazes, Suicide Bombers and Us
Book Review: A Hard Fought Ship
A Hard Fought Ship, The Story of HMS Venomous. By Robert J Moore and John A Rodgaard. ISBN 978-0-9559382-0-7. Published by Holywell House Publishing, Portsmouth, UK. RRP is UK£18.99. It can ...
