By Harry Anderson HMS Sussex was a fine example of Royal Naval ships of her era. She was a London class heavy cruiser of 9,830 tons fitted with eight 8 ...
History - general
From Time to Time
By LCDR Tony Maskell, RAN (Rtd) The necessity of being able to pinpoint a ship’s position on the globe was becoming a very real problem in the 18th century. British ...
Memories of a Garden Island Patternmaker
By Ian Thomson The author provides us with a delightful vignette of life as a dockyard apprentice. We should also remember that workers at Garden Island Dockyard were employed by ...
Nursing Memories of HMAS Penguin
By Christina Heath Christina Heath (nee King) served in the RAN Nursing Service first in a permanent role and later on a part-time basis in a reserve capacity for over ...
A Brief History of the Royal Australian Navy Health Service
By Commander Neil Westphalen, RAN Health care for Australian sailors began in medieval England and the Crusades. In May 1153, a fleet of 36 ships owned by Eleanor of Aquitaine left ...
HMAS Wyatt Earp
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 ...