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Recollection of an Admiral’s Barge

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By William (Bill) Burrell On 18 October 2018 Mr Bill Burrell, aged 84, contacted the Sea Power Centre Australia (SPC-A) to confirm that the vessel he had recently seen on ...

Book Review: THE LAST CRUISE OF A GERMAN RAIDER   –  THE DESTRUCTION OF SMS EMDEN

Book reviewer · Dec 10, 2018 ·

THE LAST CRUISE OF A GERMAN RAIDER   –  THE DESTRUCTION OF SMS EMDEN by Wes Olson. Seaforth Publishing, Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, United Kingdom, 2018. Hard Cover, 274 Pages, ...

Book Review: Cold War and Decolonisation: Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia

Book reviewer · Dec 10, 2018 ·

Cold War and Decolonisation: Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia, by Andrea Benvenuti, National University of Singapore Press, Singapore, 2017, paperback, 279 pp., available Asia Book Room, ...

HMAS Canberra (1) and her White Ensign

Editorial Staff · Dec 10, 2018 ·

Some months ago the Naval Historical Society (NHS) was approached by Mrs Kylie Lee from Toowoomba, who from her mother’s estate came into possession of a white ensign from HMAS ...

The Emden Guns

A.N. Other · Dec 10, 2018 ·

By Wes Olson When the small German cruiser SMS Emden was destroyed by HMAS Sydney at the Cocos-Keeling Islands on 9 November 1914 the British Admiralty was presented with a unique opportunity ...

HMAS Sydney sailor Crosses the Bar  –  John Ravenscroft (1921 – 2018)

Swinden, Greg · Dec 10, 2018 ·

By Greg Swinden On 19 July 1940 one of the RAN’s more famous actions was fought in the Mediterranean.  HMAS Sydney’s destruction of the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, and putting ...

One hundred Australians awarded the Victoria Cross 

Editorial Staff · Dec 10, 2018 ·

The Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award under the Imperial honours system, is awarded to members of the armed forces for gallantry in the presence of the enemy. While it ...

RAN controlled minefields in World War 2

A.N. Other · Dec 10, 2018 ·

By Mike Turner and Hector Donohue Very little has ever been reported about the controlled minefields laid at ports along Australia’s east coast in 1942 as part of Australia’s defence ...

A Hundred-Year-Old Mystery Solved: What Really Happened to AE1

A.N. Other · Dec 9, 2018 ·

This important commentary by Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO CSC RAN (Rtd) provides a summary of research that led to the successful discovery of the remains of AE1by MV Fugro ...

The Military Technology College, Muscat: Department of Marine Engineering

A.N. Other · Dec 5, 2018 ·

By Captain John McGrath RN, Rtd  The Sultanate of Oman occupies the strategically important south-eastern coast of the Arabian Sea at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. While it has ...

Book Review: Australian Minesweepers at War by Mike Turner & Hector Donohue

Book reviewer · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Published by the Sea Power Centre, Canberra, 2018. Paperback of 328 pages with numerous black & white illustrations, portraits, tables and maps. The first edition of this publication was sold ...

Letter: Villers Bretonneux Museum – Garden Island Dockyard crest

Letter Writer · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Dear Editor, Some years ago when I was serving in the office of the Naval Historical Society a letter was received with a copy of a photograph of a Garden ...

Letter: What’s in a Name – Cumberlege

Letter Writer · Sep 24, 2018 ·

A few emails have been received from learned members regarding the spelling of a family name used in the June 2018 edition of this magazine on Rear Admiral Claude Lionel ...

Book Review: Tobruk and Beyond: War Notes from the Mediterranean Station 1941–1943.

Book reviewer · Sep 24, 2018 ·

 By Albert Lawrence Poland, Published by Halstead Press, Canberra, 2018. Hard cover, 176 pp with b&w illustrations, maps and portraits. Available from booksellers at about $33.00. Peter Poland, the editor ...

The Hospital Ships Buenos Aires Maruand Wah Sui

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Was the sinking of hospital ships isolated incidents which could be put down to mistaken identity or were they deliberate acts of destruction by those who had thrown away the ...

Naval Cutlasses – an Overview

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

By John McGrath This article is a complement to that on officers’ swords which appeared in the March 2018 issue of the Naval Historical Review. Like that article, it does ...

The RAAF at Sea before World War II

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

The following article first appeared in the Air Power Development Centre Bulletin Pathfinder, Issue 175 dated April 2012 and is reproduced with their kind permission. The perspective of our sister ...

Garden Island Rangefinding

Haynes, Fred · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Before the days of radar an array of optical rangefinders was an important feature of nearly all warships. In Royal Naval vessels, including those of the Dominions, these were mostly ...

Admiral Sir George King-Hall – The last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Admiral Sir George King-Hall, the last Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station, was a proponent of an Australian navy and friend to Rear Admiral William Creswell. Sir George came ...

The Unit Citation for Gallantry of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam Extraordinary and Gallant

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

By CDR Ian (Max) Speedy, DSC, RANR With the passing of the years, we tend to forget just how defining the Vietnam War was in so many aspects. It was ...

Australian Merchant Navy Day – Remembrance Address

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

By LCDR Desmond Woods, RANR Membersof the Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund, Veterans, War Widows, Merchant Mariners, members of associated organisations, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. The maritime history of ...

They also Served: LCDR Mike Hickie DSC, RN & RAN, Rtd

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Michael (Mike) Timothy Hickie had an extraordinary naval career in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy extending from 1936 to 1983; with a two year gap, this ...

David McFall and the Maritime Model Museum: Shutting up Shop

Editorial Staff · Sep 24, 2018 ·

This article has been compiled with input from Angus McFall, Kevin Anstis and Richard Francis. David McFall, who was well known in maritime circles, passed over the bar on 4 ...

A Short History of STS Young Endeavour

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

By Isabelle Hazell Young Endeavour, the tall ship making waves in the lives of young people all over Australia, has a history as rich as the lives it has impacted during ...

HDML 1321 and what she represents

A.N. Other · Aug 1, 2018 ·

Java is heaven, Burma is hell but you never come back alive from New Guinea – Japanese wartime saying An eagle-eyed member of our Society drew attention to this short ...

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