The first of this new class of minehunters, HMAS Huon, was handed over to the RAN on 25 March 1999 after a series of successful sea trials, “the major milestone ...
Naval history
The Dardanelles Campaign
Letters – Australians at War documentary
The 1999-2000 Federal Budget provided $5 million for the production of a TV documentary series, Australians at War, which will cover the major conflicts in which Australia has participated, and ...
The Grave of Annie Dorrington – Australian Flag Co-Designer
It doesn’t mean we owe allegiance To a forgotten Imperial dream: We’ve the stars to show where we’re going And the old flag to show where we’ve been. (from a ...
NZ Scow ECHO – role in World War II
The New Zealand scow was developed from the Canadian/US log barges that plied the Great Lakes during the 1800s. First built in New Zealand in 1873 for Septimus Meiklejohn of ...
Loss of HMS Orpheus
Serving in Harmony – The Band of the Royal Australian Navy
The Discovery of AE2
The Nelson Toast
The association of the word ‘immortal’ with Nelson is enshrined in the famous toast which is still drunk, immediately after the Loyal Toast, at Trafalgar Night dinners the world over. ...
Book Review: The Raider Kormoran
Operation Downfall – The Invasion Of Japan
HMS Powerful, Gunner Sims and the Boer War
Sailor’s Escape from AE2
The diary of a Woy Woy man has become a vital piece of the puzzle for historians putting together the history of the Australian submarine AE2, which sank near Gallipoli ...
HMAS Sydney Grave No Longer Unmarked
In late 1998 the Guided Missile Frigate HMAS Canberra visited the remote Australian Territory of Christmas Island. During her visit a group of young sailors journeyed to the old European ...
Obituary: Rupert Robison
Rupert Robison Born: Springwood, May 29, 1909 Died: Rozelle, June 7, 1999 Lieutenant-Commander Rupert Robison was captain of HMAS Voyager when it ran aground on Timor in 1942. The commander ...
Book Review: Atlantic Odyssey
Title: Atlantic Odyssey Author: Michael Thwaites Publisher: Self-published This is a fascinating account of a little-known aspect (in Australia at least) of the Battle of the Atlantic, seen through the ...
Book Review: In the Wake
England’s First Naval Victory-The Battle Of Sluys (AD 1340)
Captain Harry L. Howden OBE, CBE, RAN
Letter – late LCDR Geoffrey Ingleton
A Brief History of HMAS Cerberus
Settlers started arriving on the Mornington Peninsula in 1840. At that time, Alfred Mayrick, from whom the township of Merricks takes its name, took up the Coolart ‘run’ which included ...
Book Review: Nothing to do with me, I’m Radar!
Title: Nothing to do with me, I’m Radar! Author: P.R.H. (Lofty) Watson Publisher: Self-published On the inside cover, this book describes itself as “a segment of Royal Australian Navy history, covering ...
Book Review: Bombers and Battleships
Letters: Inquiry into the Loss of HMAS Sydney – Approaching unknown ship
I have read with great interest the article by IHN in NHR Vol. 19-4 [Dec. 1998] and the letters in Vo1.20-1 [March 1999] re the sad loss of HMAS Sydney. ...
Letters: Kings Park Guns
I refer to the article “Coastal Defence and the Kings Park Naval Guns” contained in Volume 20, No. 1, 1999[March 1999]. At the last paragraph the author gives his views ...