This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
WWII operations
History of Service – HMAS Canberra
This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
History of Service – HMAS Australia
This was a pictorial article published in September 1989. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...
The First Battle of Savo Island 8/9 August 1942 – A Correction to the History
The Salvage of the USS New Orleans – 1942
Ships arrive off Sydney Heads under steam, under sail, under tow and even underwater in the case of submarines. But one ship arrived backwards! Amid dramatic circumstances, it was ...
HMAS Westralia – A brief summary of WW2 Service
The War of Words
Few things bugged wartime Australians more than censorship. When it came to news from the far-flung battlefronts where Australians in thousands were involved in the fighting, the lack of knowledge ...
Order of Battle at Midway
Vampire in the Med.
Warramunga to the Rescue of SS Starr King
DURING 1943 several Japanese submarines operated off the east coast of Australia. In all about 14 ships were torpedoed by these subs. Surface escorts for ships operating off the coast ...
Leyte: HMAS Shropshire and HMAS Arunta in the Battle of Surigao Strait
Man Overboard! Warramunga Saga
Island Traders – Four and Twenty Dutchmen
HMAS Waterhen – a history
Perth Survivor story
Strange Orders – in Strange Places
Night of Shipboard Terror – HMAS Nizam
Sailing Ship Apprentice to Captain of the ‘Queens’
ML 817’s New Guinea Operations
New Meaning put into the word Camouflage WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE came in some weird and wonderful forms during WW II. But for one of the smaller ships of the RAN it ...
The War Cruises of I27 – Part 2
The War Cruises of I27 – Part 1
Ruby Boye – Coastwatcher Heroine
HMAS Manoora Enters the Pacific War
Extracts from the War Diary of former member, the late A.K. Chatto HMAS MANOORA sailed from Sydney at 1800 Saturday, November 22 1941. After clearing the swept channel we took ...
The Ketty Brovig and Coburg Sinking 1941
Lingayen Gulf Signals – 6 to 9 July, 1945
From CTG 77.3 to Australia ‘Sorry the Hell Birds concentrated on you. My deep regrets for losses in the stout ship’s company.’ From Australia to CTG 77.3 ‘Thank you very ...