Francis Hixson served for fifteen years in the Royal Navy, rising to ship’s Captain and taking part in many surveys in the Pacific. He resigned to become Superintendent of Pilots, ...
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Women in the RAN – a Personal Perspective
HMS Byron and the Captain’s Appendix
A Reminiscence – Bombers and MTBs in the Med
Naval Communications – One for the Sparkers 1942
In October 1942, an Australian ‘N’ Class and an RN Destroyer were searching for survivors from a ship torpedoed some 800 miles south of the Cape of Good Hope. The ...
Disappearance of AE1 – 14 September 1914 – Still a Mystery
Book Review: Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd) Reviewed by LCDR Ron Robb, RAN (Rtd) This book ...
16th Minesweeping Squadron – Plaque Dedication
Letters: Followup on Admiral Karl Doenitz
Book Review: A Man of Intelligence -The Life of Eric Nave
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary. By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd). Publisher Rosenberg Publishing P/L, Dural, 2006. Reviewed by LCDR ...
HMA Anti-Submarine School – The Rushcutter Story
Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14
HMS Belfast – The Missing Spadrem
HMAS Bass: The Thin White (and Buff-coloured) Line
Rushcutter Graduates in the Battle of the Atlantic
Book Review: Forgotten Fleet 2
Forgotten Fleet 2 By Bill and Ruth Lunney Forfleet Publishing, Medowie NSW 2318. ISBN 0 9751683 0 4. rrp $50.00 plus $8.00 p&p. Available from the publisher at 7 Wade ...
Book Review: Compass
Compass by Alan Gurney W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005. rrp A$30.00 Reviewed by Tony Howland In the year 1552, one John Hamilton wrote ‘a skipper can not guide ...
Book Review: Jack Aubrey triple pack
Jack Aubrey Commands – An Historical Companion to the Naval Work of Patrick O’Brian By Brian Lavery Patrick O’Brian’s Navy – The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World Richard O’Neill ...
The Kelly Story
Remembering “Hec’ – Captain H Waller RAN
Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka and his famous ‘Tokyo Express’
Submarine in the Bush – Holbrook NSW
Leadership: Admiral Karl Doenitz
Nirimba Apprentices – Masters of their Craft
Ten former Navy apprentices involved in the building of a yacht more than 40 years ago were reunited with the vessel in Newcastle this week as its new owners. The ...
Letters: Followup on HMS Nabob
In the article “HMS Nabob 1944″(REVIEW Sep 2005) mention is made of LCDR Bobby Bradshaw, particularly the landing on HMS Nabob and leading his squadron of Avengers under the Harbour ...