Pieces of oregon some 530 years old are among a whole range of woods being used to meticulously construct a museum replica of Captain Cook’s Endeavour currently nearing completion in ...
Naval history
HMVS Victoria – Australia’s First Warship
Her Majesty’s Colonial Ship VICTORIA was a screw sloop, laid down January 1855, launched 30th June 1855, completed November 22 1855 by YOUNG, SON, MAGNAY AND CO, LONDON. Delivered to ...
Campaign Medals – Maori Wars – 1860-1861
The New Zealand Medal to the Victorian Naval Service 1860/61 There had been fighting between the Maoris, who had first settled in New Zealand c825, and the white settlers, but ...
Hydrographic Work of John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle
Letter: London Gazette August 19,1768
Sydney – Convict Colony or a ‘normal’ British Colony?
RAN Ships and Their Commanders at the Outbreak of WW2
Commodore in command of Australian Fleet at the outbreak of 1939-45 War: Commodore 2nd Class W.R. Patterson, C.V.O. (R.N.) Commanding Officers, H.M.A. Ships at the outbreak of 1939-45 War: ADELAIDE: ...
ANZAC Class Frigates – Naming Issues
The New Anzac Class Frigates, the first of which will be delivered during 1995, have been named to commemorate previous ships of the Royal Australian Navy, all of which had distinguished ...
Letter: Naming of Frigates
I write to record my disappointment, and no doubt reflect the feelings of many others, with the names chosen for the ‘Anzac’ frigates. Firstly, the continuing of the names ARUNTA ...
Loss of HMAS Canberra – 9 August 1942
Search for the German Asiatic Squadron – 1914-1916
Ville de Bordeaux – Incident At Port Adelaide – 1841
USS Mount Hood – Catastrophe 1944
HMAS Sydney – Memorial
The Factors that Led to the Formation of the RAN in 1911
Obituary: Commodore Rodney Rhoades – The man who fed Tobruk
Commodore Rodney Rhoades RAN, who commanded HMAS Vendetta of the celebrated “Scrap Iron Flotilla” which supplied Tobruk during the World War II siege, has died in Sydney. He was 83. ...
Maritime Change: Issues for Asia – Conference Report
HMAS CERBERUS – An Overview
Often referred to as The Cradle of the Navy, HMAS CERBERUS is the premier training establishment of the Royal Australian Navy and has a complement of 132 Officers, 310 Senior ...
The Attack on Darwin – A Pictorial Record
A Brief History of HMVS Cerberus
In 1866, the Government of Victoria requested a ship from the British Admiralty to bolster the Colony’s defences. At this time, in England, a new type of ship designed for ...
Antarctic Lubricants
SCOTCH & ICEBERG Lieutenant John Pain RANR (Ret), an Ansett Airlines career man and personal helicopter pilot to the late Sir Reginald Ansett, gave an enthralling address recently to the ...
