Rear Admiral KA.C. Crutchley V.C., D.S.C., RN was Flag Officer Commanding H.M.A. Squadron – June 1942-June 1944 In late 1917 the German unrestricted submarine campaign was winning the war for ...
WWI operations
The AE2 Graves
In the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery (Iraq) are the graves or memorials of four RAN sailors who died during World War I. Who were these men? How did they come ...
Letters – Unacknowledged heroes
I have read with interest the comments in the Naval Historical Review on HMAS YARRA and Leading Seaman Taylor’s heroic action. I also believe this last action of YARRA’S has ...
The Gallipoli Campaign – Pictorial of Naval Ops
These four pictures capture different aspects of the naval side of the operation. ...
The Tragedy of ‘Q’ Ship HMS Stonecrop – 1917
Q-ship sinks U-boat – HMS Stonecrop – 1917
Submarine Sinks Battleship – Holbrook VC
Navy Blue Anzacs – The RAN in the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of Jutland and Leyte Gulf – A comparison
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Convoy System – WW1 and WW2 Comparisons
In World War I the convoy system was not instituted until May 1917, whilst in World War II convoys were quickly organised soon after war was declared in September 1939. ...
The Two Falkland Islands Wars – 1914 (Part 1)
HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran – Possible and Probable Search Areas
Search for the German Asiatic Squadron – 1914-1916
HMAS Sydney – A Tale of Two Warships
RAN – First Naval Casualty – Loss Of AE1
Naval Operations against Turkey leading to ANZAC
Book Review: First In Last Out – The Navy at Gallipoli
First in, Last out – the Navy at Gallipoli By T R Frame and G J Swinden This is a timely book. It is 75 years since the landings at ...
Not the Dockyard Please
Australian Naval History on 4 May 1990
HMAS SYDNEY, (frigate), visited the French port of Toulon while on her circumnavigation of the world, following the commemoration services at Gallipoli in April. She was the first ship of ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1990
Three RAN vessels, (HMA Ships SYDNEY, TOBRUK and OXLEY), represented the RAN at the 75th Anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. SYDNEY was chosen as her namesake had escorted the ...
Dry Land Sailors – The Navy at Gallipoli
HMAS Sydney-SMS Emden Action at Cocos Islands 1914 – A German Survivor’s Account
The WW1 Troopship SS Suevic – A Short History
The above interesting photo of the troopship S.S. SUEVIC, which appears to have been taken in SydneyHarbour, was held by George Hancock, formerly of SydneyHigh School and who was probably ...
