Under New Management – The Royal Australian Navy and the Removal of Germany from the Pacific, 1914-15. By Ian Pfennigwerth. Echo Books, West Geelong, Victoria, 2014. Soft cover of 182 pages ...
Naval Engagements, Operations and Capabilities
Book Review: Albany’s ANZAC Convoys
Albany’s ANZAC Convoys by Roger Cunnington. Published by Digger Press, Albany, WA, 2014. Paperback of 176 pages with b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. $46.95, from sales@diggerpress.com or albanyconvoys@westnet.com.au. The release ...
Book Review: Rising Sun, Falling Skies – The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
Rising Sun, Falling Skies – The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II. By Jeffrey R. Cox. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2014. Hardback of 487 pages with b&w photographs and ...
Book Review: They Sang Like Kangaroos: Australia’s Tinpot Navy in the Great War
They Sang Like Kangaroos: Australia’s Tinpot Navy in the Great War. By Anthony Delano: Australian Scholarly Press, Melbourne, Dec 2012. rrp $34.95 As his title may suggest, Doctor Delano has ...
Book Review: Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia’s own Pearl Harbor
Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia’s own Pearl Harbor. By Dr Tom Lewis & Peter Ingram. Published by Avonmore Books, Kent Town, South Australia, 2013. Hardback, 368 ...
Book Review: Carriers at War 1939 -1945
Carriers at War 1939 -1945 by Adrian Stewart. Published by: Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2013. Paperback of 224 pages with numerous photographs. rrp about $30 but reductions now available. Barely ...
Book Review: Lost – The stories of all ships lost by the Royal Australian Navy.
Lost: The stories of all ships lost by the Royal Australian Navy. Written and published by Allen Lyne in Adelaide, 2013. ISBN 980-0-646-90375-0 in soft cover, 305 pages with plentiful ...
Book Review: The Forgotten Cruiser HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928
The Forgotten Cruiser HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928 By Andrew Kilsby and Greg Swinden, Longueville Media, Woollahra, NSW, 2013. Available from cooeehistory.com RRP $49.95. On 26 March 1913, HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s first ...
Book Review: A Parting Shot: Shelling of Australia by Japanese Submarines 1942
A Parting Shot: Shelling of Australia by Japanese Submarines 1942 by Terry Jones and Steven Carruthers. Published by Casper Publications Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2013. 320 pages with illustrations and photographs. ...
Book Review: Sydney – Cipher and Search
Book Review: Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’
Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’, A Naval Reserve Officer’s experiences during Confrontation. A personal account by Jim Warren, Leut RNZNVR Rtd. Self-published, IIviPRINT, Newcastle West, NSW 2009. RRP $25, soft ...
Book Review: A Bloody Job Well Done
A Bloody Job Well Done The History of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam 1967-1971. Available from HMAS Cerberus 03 59315750. rrp $29.95 Reviewed by Steve Eather One of ...
Book Review: Beneath the Dardanelles
Beneath the Dardanelles By Vehici and Hatice Basarin Published by Allen and Unwin in paperback, rrp $24.95. Reviewed by Barry Nobes This unusual book purports to present the sinking of ...
Book Review: Mururoa Protest
Mururoa Protest The story of the voyages by HMNZ Ships Otago and Canterbury to protest against the French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973. By Gerry Wright. ISBN ...
Book Review: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1805-1810
Storm and Conquest. The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1805-1810. By Stephen Taylor. Published by Faber and Faber Review by John Smith The Battle of Trafalgar was not the finale ...
Book Review: The War for All the Oceans
Book Review: Across the Sea to War
Across the Sea to War. By Peter Plowman. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd (2003). ISBN 1877058 06 8 Reviewed by Sandy Saunders An interesting publication which describes in great detail the ...
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, ...
Book Review: Forgotten Fleet 2
Forgotten Fleet 2 By Bill and Ruth Lunney Forfleet Publishing, Medowie NSW 2318. ISBN 0 9751683 0 4. rrp $50.00 plus $8.00 p&p. Available from the publisher at 7 Wade ...
Book Review: Trafalgar – the Men, the Battle, the Storm
Trafalgar – the Men, the Battle, the Storm By Tim Clayton & Phil Craig London Hodder & Stoughton 2004. rrp $39.95. Reviewed by Bob Nicholls Once upon a time, not ...
Book Review: Blunders and Disasters at Sea. An anthology
Blunders and Disasters at Sea. An anthology By David Blackmore Peribo Books, Mt Kuring-Gai NSW. rrp $75.00. Published 2004 by Pen & Sword Maritime, Barnsley, South Yorks, UK. Reviewed by ...
Book Review: Minesweeper HMAS Hawk, Indonesia 1965-66
Hands To Boarding Stations: The Story Of Minesweeper HMAS Hawk, Confrontation With Indonesia 1965-66 By John Foster Published by Australian Military History Publications 13 Veronica Place Loftus NSW 2232 Available ...
Book Review: Roughers: Photographs of warships fighting the elements
Roughers: Photographs of warships fighting the elements Compiled by Mike Critchley and Steve Bush Published by Maritime Books Lodge Hill, Liskheard PL 14 4EL, Cornwall, England. E-mail: orders.marbooks@virgin.net. ; Website: www.navybooks.com; Price: ...
Book Review: Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge By Barrie Pitt Cassell Military Paperbacks. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. Pp. 230. Price $19.95 Reviewed by B.L. Cleary This is the 2003 edition of a book, first published in ...
Book Review: Lost but not forgotten – a bitter sweet victory
Lost but not forgotten – a bitter sweet victory HMAS Sydney II – in memory of the 645. by Keith Shegog Self-published Reviewed by Peter Colthorpe This book is no ...