The following article comprises the 2011 Creswell Oration address delivered by Rear Admiral James Goldrick, AM, CSC, RAN to the Navy League of Australia at Melbourne in March of this ...
Ship design and development
A Retrospective of the Collins Class Submarines
Letters: The Navy and a yacht race
I refer to the article The Navy and a Yacht Race in the December 2010 Review. I would like to correct your information regarding Rani’s construction. As stated she was ...
The Great Depression and the Navy
The worldwide Global Financial Crisis which originated in the United States in 2007 and the Australian reaction to it is still fresh in most peoples’ minds. The description of the ...
The British Navy Between the Wars
(A lecture delivered to the naval history course of the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy) FAILURE The popular picture of British strategy and the ...
The First Hundred Years
The Three Ships called Anzac
The following tributes to the three ships which have borne the proud name Anzac have been brought together from information held in our archives. It is perhaps the expected problem ...
The Lessons Learnt from Hydrogen Sulphide Incidents in the Royal Australian Navy
Book Review: The Grand Fleet – Warship Design 1906-1922
The RAN without an Aircraft Carrier – What If…
The Naming of RAN Ships
Australia’s Future Submarine Capability
Book Review: A Century of Carrier Aviation
A Century of Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of Ships and Shipborne Aircraft. By David Hobbs. Seaforth Publishing (2009). ISBN 978-1-84832-019-2. Reviewed by Commodore (P) John Da Costa RAN (Rtd) This large ...
Letters: Later River Class Frigates
In your June Edition, John Smith wrote an article about the later River Class Frigates in the RAN and wondered whether the changes made from the first four led them ...
Book Review: The Collins Class Submarine Story
Cannon Balls – Dispelling a Myth
In days of old, when muzzle-loading cannons constituted the main armament in ships of war, it was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannons. The ...
Whales and Active Sonar: Challenges and Opportunities
The Later River Class Frigates in the RAN
Book Review: The Plimsoll Sensation
The Plimsoll Sensation: The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea. By Nicolette Jones. Published by Abacus Books 2007. ISBN 978-0-349-11720-1. Reviewed by Sandy Saunders This book chronicles, in great ...
Is this the Future of Maritime Patrol?
The following article is an extract from a report in the November 2006 edition of RAAF News. The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has successfully completed a trial aimed ...
River Class Frigates in the RAN – a Brief History
Book Review: The Royal Australian Navy – a History
The Royal Australian Navy – a History Edited by David Stevens, published by Oxford University Press. First published in 2001 as a hardback version, reprinted several times and so well ...
HMS Invincible – A Flawed Design
Book Review: Warship 2005
Editor John Jordan. Conway Maritime Press, London W10 CSI’, UK. Sadly the founding editor of this excellent series, Antony Preston, passed away as this edition, the 27th volume, was going ...
Letters: HMAS Adelaide
Dear Sir, Congratulations on Graeme Andrews’ excellent and timely article on the “forgotten” cruiser, HMAS Adelaide. The front cover shows one of the 6″ Mark XII guns, not gun mounting ...