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Young Endeavour Replacement

Editorial Staff · Dec 15, 2023 ·

A new sail training ship will be built in Australia over the next three years, to replace STS Young Endeavour. The original brigantine is now 35 years old, and has ...

‘No Cloak, No Dagger’

A.N. Other · Dec 15, 2023 ·

By Tim Proust  This story was provided by Tim Proust of the Orbost & District Historical Society from an original unpublished family history prepared by his grandfather Walter Hugh Brooksbank. ...

The Last Naval National Serviceman – Part II

A.N. Other · Dec 15, 2023 ·

By Robert Stephenson  Part I of this series appeared in the September 2023 edition of this magazine. Since that issue the following information has come to light. With the outbreak ...

HMAS Forceful

A.N. Other · Dec 15, 2023 ·

The coal burning steam tug Forceful was built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Govan in Scotland in 1925 for the Australian based shipping company MacDonald, Hamilton & Company (later ...

Occasional Paper 176: A Ship is Burning

Ken Wright · Dec 4, 2023 ·

By Ken Wright As the attractive blonde seventeen-year-old rode her push bike to work on the cold morning of 22 July 1942, the Japanese submarine I-11 had already torpedoed the American ...

Occasional Paper 175: Which Fairmile is that?

Lewis, Tom, AOM, Lieutenant RAN · Dec 4, 2023 ·

by Dr Tom Lewis The wreck of the Ataluma is a sight unknown to the many visitors to Darwin’s popular East Point.  This is not surprising, for the wreck of ...

Did these Men influence the Development of modern Australia?

Editorial Staff · Dec 2, 2023 ·

There is a growing tendency in our modern society to question the impacts of past colonialisation without acknowledging the historical context of those times and knowing the characters involved. Great ...

Occasional Paper 174: The Queensland Fraser Coast and Royal Australian Navy Historical Ties

Lorraine Fildes · Nov 6, 2023 ·

The Queensland Fraser Coast and Royal Australian Navy Historical Ties The Queensland Fraser Coast has a rich maritime history and a long and entwined history, first with the Queensland Maritime ...

Occasional Paper 173: HMAS Magnetic

Lorraine Fildes · Nov 5, 2023 ·

When in Townsville, a stroll along The Strand is a must. A walkway starts at historic Jezzine Barracks and ends at the current ferry terminal. The path follows the line ...

Occasional Paper 172: Dennis Adams, War Artist (1914 – 2001)

Lorraine Fildes · Oct 2, 2023 ·

By Lorraine Fildes Dennis Adams was born in Sydney however when his father, a marine engineer, retired from the sea the family moved to a sheep property in Queensland. Stories ...

Book Review: “Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999”

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2023 ·

“Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999” by John Jeremy was published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia in 2023, under licence agreement with the ...

Book Review: Royal Yachts Under Sail

Book reviewer · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Royal Yachts Under Sail by Brian Lavery, Seaforth Publishing, Bransley, 2022. A well-presented hardcover using quality paper enhancing colourful pictures and illustrations. While only 160 pages it packs a huge ...

Book Review: Lost Women of Rabaul

Book reviewer · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Lost Women of Rabaul by Rod Miller, 2022, Big Sky Publishing, Newport, NSW, PB 350pp, RRP $32.99 This review first appeared in Reconnaissance, the magazine of the Military History Society ...

Getting in and out of the Naval College

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The June 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article Tristan da Cunha and a Tribute to John Smith, providing a shortened version of the remarkable life story of Commander ...

A War Artist’s Nude Painting

A.N. Other · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Beryllouise Mitchell In 1999, after the 30 August ballot in East Timor (later Timor-Leste) that was to determine the territory’s future went drastically wrong, the United Nations sanctioned an ...

Historic Cannons Guarding Hamilton; Rare Finds at Gregson Park

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Those with $2.50 concession cards may recall making the most of their travel limits by having a comfortable day’s train outing from Sydney to Newcastle. Alas, Newcastle’s Central Railway Station ...

Australian Fleet Reviews 1788 to 1914

Gillett, Ross · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett As an island nation, fleet arrivals and naval reviews have formed a major part of Australia’s naval history and tradition. Sydney Harbour and Port Phillip have provided ...

Queensland Mining meets First Sea Lord and Strikes Oil

A.N. Other · Sep 5, 2023 ·

Prepared from inspiration provided by our Queensland member and mining engineer Colin Randall. William Knox D’Arcy and John Arbuthnot Fisher both came from families with prominent distant relatives but they ...

The Last National Servicemen – Part I

A.N. Other · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Robert Graham Stephenson – Official No 7662 (NS) This article has been taken from an original paper written by Robert Stephenson and published by the National Servicemen’s Association of ...

Former HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki off to Ireland by Heavy Lift Ship

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The following article has been sourced from various local and overseas news outlets. The post-war Royal New Zealand Navy was based around two Dido-class light cruisers, HMNZ Ships Black Prince ...

A Bar of Soap

A.N. Other · Sep 5, 2023 ·

By Walter Burroughs That fine old Aussie expression ‘I don’t know you from a bar of soap’ has now fallen out of favour as we move from the utilitarian bar ...

Inside ‘Nuke School’, the elite US Training Ground preparing Australian Submariners for an AUKUS Future

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

The following article has been taken from an ABC News summary of 8 July 2023.  In America’s deep south, a group of students has just completed one of the most ...

USS Canberra commissions in Sydney

Editorial Staff · Sep 5, 2023 ·

An historically significant ceremony occurred at Sydney’s Fleet Base East on Saturday 22 July 2023 when the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Canberra commissioned into the United States Navy. This ...

Occasional Paper 169: HMAS Vendetta and Commander Eric Eugene Johnston RAN; Vietnam Deployment 1969 – 1970

A.N. Other · Sep 1, 2023 ·

By  Bjarne (Barney) Kristensen The 18 August 2023 marked fifty years since the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam (The Vietnam War) with commemorations conducted throughout Australia. In this paper I ...

Occasional Paper 168: The Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War: 1943

Editorial Staff · Jul 31, 2023 ·

Eighty years ago, in 1943 the tide of the war in the Pacific was at last turning for the better. After four long years of war and significant RAN ship ...

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