People over-impressed by spies and espionage are fond of quoting the observation attributed to the French General Napoleon Bonaparte around 1795 when he estimated that a spy in the right ...
WWII operations
The Long Journey Home – Unknown HMAS Sydney Sailor
The Story of a Hundred Gallon Barrel
Leadership: Admiral Raymond Spruance, USN
Loss of HMAS Yarra – 4 March, 1942
HMAS Yarra, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Oscar’ Rankin, was sunk while defending a convoy against a vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake ...
RANVR – The Forgotten Few
Lifeboat No. 7 – 23 days at sea
Report of Engagement between HMAS Sydney and Kormoran
Obituary: Reinhold von Malapert
Torres Strait – Small-ship Refuelling Stopovers
Thursday Island and nearby Horn Island in the Torres Strait were always welcome stopovers for fuel or water for so many WWII Fairmile patrol vessels as they ‘went north’ to ...
The Midshipman – A Corvette Wartime Experience
Reminiscences about the wartime activities of HMAS Australia
Leadership: Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins
The China Fleet – Small Ships WW2
Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...
Further Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle, 1941
Leadership: Admiral of the Fleet Isoroku Yamamoto
Gascoyne to the Rescue On Christmas Day 1944
The Battle of the Atlantic – Contribution by Code Breakers
Book Review: Shadow Voyage – Escape of the SS Bremen
Leadership: Vice Admiral Nagumo & the Third Wave Decision
Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle 1941
Book Review: Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942
Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942. A Maritime Mystery. By Steven Carruthers. Caper Publications Pty Ltd, Narrabeen. ISBN 0-9775630-0-4. Hard cover, 264pp Reviewed by Sandy Saunders Being a comparative newcomer to ...
