When the name frigate was introduced into the RAN on November 18, 1943 with the commissioning of HMAS GASCOYNE, its ship’s company could not in its wildest dreams have envisaged ...
Ship design and development
Wartime Submarine Service
FFG5 Builds in Two Dockyards 600 Miles Apart
A TECHNIQUE successfully employed by Germany for the building of U boats is being employed in the building of the two guided missile frigates building in Australia. The frigates FFG5 ...
Camouflage in the Royal Australian Navy
(This short account of camouflage in the Royal Australian Navy was written by Ray Parkin some years ago and throws a little light on the devious art.) I DID NOT ...
Williamstown Naval Dockyard – Part 3
HMAS Parramatta Silver Jubilee
Williamstown Naval Dockyard – Part 2
Williamstown Naval Dockyard – Part 1
The Acceptance of the Second HMAS Voyager into Her Majesty’s Service
HMAS Melbourne – As it Was, a Bird’s Eye View
BOARDING THE CARRIER MELBOURNE for the first time it was all so baffling. The ship is so huge and her geography so complex I was continually lost as I wandered ...