In our last issue we featured the first year in the career of HMAS Bendigo. The corvette’s multifarious duties earned the title of ‘Maid of all Tasks’. Between June and ...
Naval Historical Review
White Lady of the North – HMAS Moresby
At the end of World War II most of the older small ships of the RAN, which had served valiantly in peace and war, were disposed of. At this time ...
Pacific Chase
Honorary Commodore – Captain A. V. Knight
This biography of Australia’s most distinguished Reserve Officer is told by his former First Lieutenant. Captain A. V. Knight, OBE, DSC, RD, US Legion of Merit RANR(S) Rtd, served with ...
A Century of Japanese Intelligence – Part IV
Origins of the QUEENSLAND Navy
Old Thunder and Lightning – the Origins of the Queensland Navy IT WAS A RUSSIAN SCARE in the eighteen seventies that caused the Queensland Government of the day to form ...
Ship Design at the Turn of the Century
The turn of the century produced an unusual range of warships as these photographs show: ...
Sydney’s Walrus in battle with three Italian fighters
IN RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE ‘Pusser’s Bus’ which appeared in the December issue, Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, Sydney’s Captain in the Mediterranean, writes: ‘I feel sure that Sydney’s Walrus should ...
Surrender of Yokosuka Naval Base
A Century of Japanese Intelligence – Part III
In the third instalment of his article on Japanese Intelligence Lt.Cdr. Swan describes in detail the vast network of spies planted in California, Mexico and Hawaii by the Japanese. An ...
HMAS Bendigo 1941 – 42
Normandy Landing
A Naval Encounter – Captain Trevor Wilson Ross
For God’s Sake Send Help – They Sent the Navy
THE DARWIN DISASTER has been too well covered for us to attempt to document Cyclone Tracy and its tragic aftermath. However, it is this Society’s duty to emphasise that the ...
Naval Actions in the Crimea War – Pictorial
The Navy’s role in the Crimea War was in the main support of the armies ashore. However, these operations were not confined to the Black Sea. Squadrons were in action against ...
This Man Howden – Captain Harry L. Howden, CBE, RAN
The First England to Australia Submarine Voyage
HMAS Quickmatch – A Personal Account Of Construction
For Valour- Naval Victoria Crosses of World War II
A Century of Japanese Intelligence – Part II
The Epic of HMS Calliope
Banjo Paterson, the Australian poet, once deserted his dusty sunlit plains to write a poem of the navy. The subject he chose was the saga of HMS Calliope at Apia ...
The Pusser’s Bus
The Seagull V amphibian or Walrus or Pusser’s Bus was the best known aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy in World War Two. Carried by all cruisers this ubiquitous aircraft ...
Canberra’s fate
It was 1.45 in the morning, Serene and quiet the sea; The Canberra had steamed into Tulagi, With Guadalcanal on the lee. The Aussie patrol was with us With Yankee ...
