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Recollections of the SS Jervis Bay – a Path to the Sea
Queen Bee – Radio-Controlled Target Aircraft of the 1930s
Navies ignore threat of aircraft The emergence of airpower as a formidable weapon at the end of WW I was to a large extent ignored by Allied Navies as a ...
Sail Drill in HMS Endymion – Port Phillip Bay, 1869
Extract from the recollections of the late Captain Draper MN [Ed:”The Flying Squadron was especially formed under the command of Admiral Phipps-Hornby for a specific world circumnavigation cruise, designed to ...
Naval Action at Darwin – 19 February 1942
Some Truths About Darwin and the Air Raid – 19 Feb 1942
Australian Government releases RFT for Patrol Boats
The Australian Government has released a Request for Tender (RFT) for a replacement fleet to the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boats that provide the frontline of Australia’s defences against people ...
Book Review: The Pirate of Tobruk – Biography of Commander Alfred Palmer RNR
Book Review: Batavia’s Graveyard
Title: Batavia’s Graveyard Author: Mike Dash Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London The Dutch East India Company vessel Batavia ran aground upon Morning Reef in the early hours of the 4th ...
Obituary: Captain Brian de Courcy-Ireland RN (1900-2001)
Joining the Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight in 1913 at the age of 13, Brian de Courcy-Ireland was subjected to the spartan naval discipline of ...
Former HMAS Nirimba Site – Memorial Garden
On Saturday 3rd of November 2001, in overcast conditions, the Memorial Garden at the former HMAS NIRIMBA site, was formally dedicated. The service was conducted in front of some 150 ...
Commander Frederick Darley RN & the Wanhsien Incident
HMS Thanet and HMAS Vampire – Malayan Night Action
The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 – Naval Operations
HMAS Maryborough & Charles Moses-Escape from Java 1942
Rear Admiral Gordon (“Buster”) Crabb RAN DSC CBE (1917-2001)
REAR ADMIRAL Gordon John Branstone CRABB, DSC • Born London 5 July 1917, of Commander & Mrs S.G. Crabb • Entered RANC, Flinders Naval Depot 1932 • Awarded Kings Medal ...
Obituary: Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot KBE AO (1922-2001)
Born at Corowa, NSW and educated at Geelong Grammar School. Anthony Synnot joined the RAN as a cadet midshipman in 1939 as a Special Entry and trained in Britain with Prince ...
The Capture of Hong Kong in 1941 – The Naval Battle
Lieut. R B Stannard VC – HMS Arab – Norway 1940
The Contribution of Merchant Seamen During the Fall of Crete – 1941
It is not always appreciated that British and Australian merchant seamen served ashore (probably inadvertently) during the withdrawal of Allied forces from Greece and subsequently, Crete. One such story deserves ...
Malaya – Permission to open fire
During the Confrontation period 1963-67 there were often little incidents which came to light from the very different experiences enjoyed by the many vessels from several navies who participated. This ...
Letters: Torpedoing of SS Ormiston
Dear Editor, It was with considerable interest that I read your article “Torpedoing of S.S. Ormiston 1943″ by L.A. d’Alpuget, Lieut. RANVR (Rtd) in the Naval Historical Review Vol 21 ...
Book Review: Stoker’s Submarine
Title: Stoker’s Submarine Authors: Fred & Elizabeth Brenchley Publisher: Harper Collins Nearly every Australian could tell you the history of the landing at Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915, of ...
Book Review: Southern Trident
Title: Southern Trident: Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power Publisher: Allen and Unwin The general reader should not be deterred by the sub-title which implies it is ...
Book review: Memoirs: Mostly Musical
Title: Memoirs Mostly Musical Author: Cedric Ashton Publisher: self-published The reviewer found it most difficult to be objective in his assessment of this book, but to one who is fond of music ...