‘I HAVE KEPT THE POSSIBILITY STEADILY BEFORE ME, so as to be prepared; it is very good to be brought to look upon a near death as more than usually ...
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HMAS Shropshire: 1928 – 1954
The Loss of HMS Kelly
HMAS Warramunga, the Second of the Australian Built Tribals 1942 – 1963
A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952
(This article was the winner in the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Essay Competition.) IN COPIES OF QUEEN’S REGULATIONS and Admiralty Instructions under the section Ceremonial is a Table of Gun ...
Two Years in HMS Renown 1943-45
I JOINED RENOWN IN MAY 1943, at Rosyth, as a brand-new Lieutenant (E), straight from Keyham; it was my first time in Scotland, and I well remember the difficulty that ...
The Second Battle of Sirte – Mediterranean, 1941
First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER1 emerged from the 1914-18 war as a major weapon of war, it was inevitable that the Royal Australian Navy – with the largest island continent in ...
The Submarine AE2 in World War One
The Rescue Yacht
HMAS PERTH AND USS HOUSTON were sunk in the very early hours of 1st March 1942, after a terrific fight against overwhelming odds. Many of the Perth survivors were picked ...
The Fate of Singapore’s Guns – Japanese Report
In a previous issue of Naval Historical Review we published an article on the guns of Singapore and their ultimate fate. Mr. Bogart, a United States member of the Society, ...
The Passing of the Encounter 1902- 1932
An Australian with Jellicoe (1919)
Stuart sinks Gondar (1941)
The Life and Naval Career of Vice Admiral Sir Hugh David Stevenson, AC, KBE.
South of Gallipoli
In our September, 1976 issue we featured an article entitled ‘North of Gallipoli’ in which the author, Commander George Nekrasov, wrote of the relatively unknown operations of the Russian Black ...
HMS Exeter at the Battle of River Plate
The Navy – Old and New
THE NAVY IN THE EARLY YEARS of the century prided itself in being capable of doing anything anybody else could do and do it better. It was the last years ...
The Legend of Arnold Green
The late Commander Arnold Holbrook Green, O.B.E., D.S.C. and Bar, R.A.N. became a legend in the Royal Australian Navy in his own lifetime. During the war a British Admiral informed ...
The Solent Review – 1909
Alphabetical List Of British Warships Reviewed by the King in the Solent, 1909. 1 H.M.S. Achilles Armoured Cruiser 13,550 tons Comdr. Wm. C.M. NICHOLSON 2 H.M.S. Adventure Scout 2,670 tons ...
Japan’s Balloon Bombs
US member, Douglas Rubb, served on Admiral Halsey’s staff in the Pacific during World War 2. From mid-1942 until April 1945 he was closely connected with investigations into Japan’s secret ...
The Guns of Singapore
One of the great mysteries of World War 2 was the ultimate fate of Singapore’s batteries of 15 inch guns. Records do not clearly indicate whether all the guns were ...
RAN Guarded Nip Prisoners 1945-46
She Was the Best – HMAS Warramunga
Commander Alliston is well fitted to speak of Australian ships and Australian seamen. On 15th June 1941 while commanding HMS Javelin he went to the aid of HMAS Nestor, fatally ...
HMAS Quiberon
WHEN MR. MENZIES WAS IN BRITAIN in early 1941 it was suggested to him that the RAN should man the remaining three ‘N’ Class destroyers to make up a full ...