John Ellis joined the RAN College in 1953; this was followed by the then traditional training in HMAS Swan, Britannia RN College Dartmouth and the RN Engineering College Manadon. He ...
Naval Historical Review
Book Review: Lost at Sea – Found at Fukushima
Submersible Aircraft Carriers
By Driftwood The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-yonhyaku-gata Sensuikan completed towards the end of WW11 were for many years the largest and potentially the most formidable submarines ever built. Displacing ...
Farewell to the LPAs
816 Squadron – the Fighting Tigers
A chip off the Old Rock
S.Y.Aurora – Australia’s first Antarctic mail ship
By Richard Breckon Sir Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14 marked the effective commencement of Australian involvement in Antarctica – the subject of 100-year celebrations recently. The ship carrying ...
The Career of Vice Admiral Mortimer L’Estrange Silver, CBE, RN.
The Norfolk Island Museum and HMS Sirius
The Naval Board and its Flag
Jane’s Fighting Ships
These Gallant Aviators
The Sound of Musical Submarines
By Peter Judge The September 2011 edition of the Naval Historical Review contained an interesting summary on submarine warfare which brings into perspective some little known facts concerning Baron von ...
Letter: HMS K13 Bible
I enclose the Holy Bible of HMS K13 which sank during trials in Gare Lock Scotland on 29 January 1917. Mr Charles Freestone was Leading Telegraphist on K13 at the ...
Letter: HMAS Choules
Book review: The Pacific Fleet – The Royal Navy’s Most Powerful Strike Force
The Impact of Jet Propulsion on RAN Aviation Squadrons
The Sea Swapping Captain
Sydney-Emden battle stamps of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
By Richard Breckon Following from recent cover pictures of the June edition of the Review featuring Australian warships depicted on postage stamps the well known philatelist Richard Breckon has ...
Chloe and Sadie – or 100% Pitched and Ditched
This article is by Fred Haynes who for many years worked at Garden Island Dockyard firstly as a Scientific Instrument Maker and later as Technical Officer in charge of the ...
817 Squadron: You will miss us when we are gone
The Fairey Gannet A/S1
Introduction of the A4 Skyhawk into the RAN Fleet Air Arm 1967/1968
Number 1 RAN Pilots Course in Korea
By Fred Lane The story of the RAN’s first pilots course in Korea starts with a workup that began in earnest in late April 1951. The 21st Carrier Air Group ...
A History of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm, the Present and the Future
We are honoured to publish this keynote Address given to the Fleet Air Arm of South Australia Division following an RAN Fleet Air Arm Commemorative Service at the Adelaide Repatriation ...