By Graeme Andrews Hospital Ships of World War One The provision of dedicated hospital ships to support soldiers injured in combat seems to have evolved at about the time the ...
Ship histories and stories
HMAS Wyatt Earp
Book Review: Lost at Sea – Found at Fukushima
Farewell to the LPAs
A chip off the Old Rock
S.Y.Aurora – Australia’s first Antarctic mail ship
By Richard Breckon Sir Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14 marked the effective commencement of Australian involvement in Antarctica – the subject of 100-year celebrations recently. The ship carrying ...
The Norfolk Island Museum and HMS Sirius
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Letter: HMAS Choules
The Sea Swapping Captain
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 ...
The Fairey Gannet A/S1
Newcastle Maritime Centre
Letters: The Navy and a yacht race
I refer to the article The Navy and a Yacht Race in the December 2010 Review. I would like to correct your information regarding Rani’s construction. As stated she was ...
Book Review: Waterline Warships
Waterline Warships by Philip Read. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley (UK) The author is a professional model maker who has been commissioned to build a static waterline model of the Ca class ...
Book Review: Australia’s Fighting Ships
Australia’s Fighting Ships – A Century of War & Peace by Ross Gillett. Published by Topmill Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2011. Available in both a limited edition hard cover at $49.95 ...
Commercial trawlers in Two Wars
The First Hundred Years
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 ...
HMAS Anzac (III) – first in class
HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’
HMAS Anzac (I) – Flotilla Leader
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
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 ...