HMAS Yarra, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Oscar’ Rankin, was sunk while defending a convoy against a vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake ...
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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: Beneath the Dardanelles
Beneath the Dardanelles By Vehici and Hatice Basarin Published by Allen and Unwin in paperback, rrp $24.95. Reviewed by Barry Nobes This unusual book purports to present the sinking of ...
Book Review: The Collins Class Submarine Story
Book Review: Fairey Gannet in Service with the RAN Fleet Air Arm
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 ...
RANVR – The Forgotten Few
Leadership: Sir Ernest Shackleton – 1874-1922
AE2 – Unsung Hero of Gallipoli
Book Review: Mururoa Protest
Mururoa Protest The story of the voyages by HMNZ Ships Otago and Canterbury to protest against the French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973. By Gerry Wright. ISBN ...
A Letter from HMAS Sydney
Operation ASTUTE: The RAN In East Timor
HMAS Australia – A ship for a nation
Leadership: Captain Alfred T. Mahan USN
Halvorsen’s – boat building during WW2
Lifeboat No. 7 – 23 days at sea
Letters: Obituary of Rear Admiral Dovers
Dear Sir, I note Tony Howland’s obituary [your Editor assures you he is in fact alive and well!] published in the December 07 edition. I have also read other obituaries ...
Book Review: Flinders Year 1947
The History of the Radford-Collins Agreement
Whales and Active Sonar: Challenges and Opportunities
The Later River Class Frigates in the RAN
Japanese Surrender in Toyko-from Warramunga’s Surgeon
Report of Engagement between HMAS Sydney and Kormoran
The Naval Defence of the Australian Colonies to Federation
The question with regard to naval defence is ‘what were the differences with the Mother Country’ and, if there were any, what impact did they have on the federation of the six colonies? ...
KÖNIGSBERG: The Thorn in the Rose Garden
The harbour of peace is the English translation of Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of the large and potentially wealthy colony of German East Africa. East Africa was the prize possession of ...