Editor’s note: This article was written in 1987, when Greg Swinden was a Midshipman at the Australian Defence Force Academy. In September 2007 he was a Lieutenant Commander, based in ...
WWI operations
U-859 – From Germany to Penang
HMS Invincible – A Flawed Design
Letters: Followup on Disappearance of AE1
I was very interested in reading about the disappearance of the AE1 submarine without a trace in 1914. I have an idea that it may have been sucked down by ...
Disappearance of AE1 – 14 September 1914 – Still a Mystery
Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14
Letters: The Compassionate Japanese Destroyer Captain
I have just received some information from my friend Commander Andrew David RN which might be appropriate for mention in the NHS REVIEW. I have told him that I will ...
Obituary: Lieutenant W E Allen RAN (Retd) 1899-2005
HMAS Pioneer – Blockading German East Africa, 1915-16
Australian Naval History on 12 March 2005
The frigate HMAS ANZAC, (CAPT Richard Menhenick, CSC, RAN), departed Australia on a six month world cruise, (Operation Northern Trident). During the cruise the ship was destined to take part ...
90 Years on: Rabaul and Sydney/Emden 1914
This article was originally published in ‘Semaphore’, the newsletter of the Sea Power Centre – Australia. It is republished with the kind agreement of the Sea Power Centre. This year ...
The Gift Minesweepers
The first dedicated minesweeping vessels in the RAN made their appearance in Australian waters at the end of WW1 to sweep minefields sown by a German raider during the war, ...
Sydney Memorial to HM Submarine K13
Alongside Pennant Hills Road in Carlingford, a Sydney suburb, is a memorial comprising a pond, rocks, the lettering K13 and brass plates. Of those who have seen it, how many ...
Southwick House and D-Day: Events of 1944
Book Review: Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge By Barrie Pitt Cassell Military Paperbacks. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. Pp. 230. Price $19.95 Reviewed by B.L. Cleary This is the 2003 edition of a book, first published in ...
Book Review: The Shores of Gallipoli
Title: The Shores of Gallipoli Author: Tom Frame. Publisher: Hale & Iremonger 2000. Reviewed by: Peter Colthorpe. The legend of ANZAC is well known by all but few know of ...
Newspaper Report: Battle of the Falklands – December 1914
Book Review: Stoker’s Submarine
Title: Stoker’s Submarine Authors: Fred & Elizabeth Brenchley Publisher: Harper Collins Nearly every Australian could tell you the history of the landing at Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915, of ...
The Sound of Torpedoes
At least once a year, somewhere in Australia, the Oscar winning movie “The Sound of Music” is aired on television. Many members are aware of the main plot; the story ...
Letter – The discovery of AE2
Dear Sirs, I read Mark Spencer’s article… “The Discovery of the AE2 – a WW1 Submarine” with great interest and agree that it is a story largely unknown in this ...
Captain Glossop describes Emden action to Banjo Patterson
The Dardanelles Campaign
Letters: More on Australians at Zeebrugge
One last contribution to the subject of Australians at Zeebrugge. In 1914 Engineer Lieutenant Ronald C. Boddie, Royal Navy, came to Australia as a member of the staff of the ...
The Australians at Zeebrugge
Letters: St Nazaire Raid
Your article on the story of the St. Nazaire raid – “[The raid on St Nazaire 1942]” – left me rather amused. In the first instance the ship mentioned should ...