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History of Australian Defence Landing Craft and the Balikpapan Class Landing Craft Heavy (LCH) 1971 – 2014

David Michael · Dec 12, 2024 ·

This Historical Booklet (Monograph 200) by Bjarne Kristensen was published by the Naval Historical Society of Australia in December 2024. This paper discusses the history of Australian Defence Amphibious vessels ...

Australian Submarines in the Cold War — A force Multiplier in the West

Dr Tom Lewis OAM · Dec 3, 2024 ·

This Historical Booklet (Monograph 199) by Dr Tom Lewis was published by the Naval Historical Society of Australia in September 2024. This paper discusses the role of the Royal Australian ...

Occasional Paper 188: Highlights of RAN History: Two Busy Decades 1950 to 1970

A.N. Other · Nov 12, 2024 ·

RAN Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG) HMA Ships Hobart, Peth and Brisbane. RAN image

The following is adapted from the Royal Australian Navy News, 17 April 1970 edition, page 4. 1950 to 1960 From1950 onwards the post-war tempo Naval growth quickened. The outbreak of ...

Book Review: Admiral VAT Smith: The extraordinary life of the father of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm

Book reviewer · Sep 15, 2024 ·

Hardback by Graeme Lunn, fully illustrated with colour plates, published by Avonmore Books, 2024. RRP $49.95. While few of Australia’s naval leaders have attracted full biographies, Admiral Sir Victor Alfred ...

Sandakan: From Hell to Eternity

Editorial Staff · Sep 15, 2024 ·

The December 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article titled Newcastle Reminiscences, compiled from the recollections of 97-year-old Mrs Thelma Tame. Her uncle was the late Major William Sticpewich ...

A Non-Combatant at War: Palestine, Greece and Crete 1941 – Pt III

A.N. Other · Sep 15, 2024 ·

Dr. Richmond Jeremy OBE MB ChM FRCP FRACP 1899 – 1995 Parts I and II of this series are contained in the March and June 2024 editions of this magazine. ...

Lord Brassey, The Naval Annual, the Naval Artillery  Volunteers and his Steam Yacht Sunbeam

Haken, J.K., Dr · Sep 15, 2024 ·

By Dr J.K. Haken Thomas Brassey, later Lord Brassey, was a lawyer and Member of Parliament, and on a number of occasions between 1865 and 1895, a Civil Lord of ...

On the Australia Station

Editorial Staff · Sep 15, 2024 ·

A tribute to the memories of Signalman Frederick Randall RN and Able Seaman John Reardon RN and RAN, who as young men contributed to the establishment of the Australia Station. ...

Two Naval Dogs of the 1930s

A.N. Other · Sep 15, 2024 ·

By Robert Curran Everyone loves a dog, particularly sailors. In the Australian War Memorial’s collection there are many photos of ships’ mascots of the canine variety to testify to this. ...

Queens at War

Editorial Staff · Sep 14, 2024 ·

Birth of the Queens The great ocean liners and sister ships Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary feature as two of the most important troop carriers in the annals of Australian ...

Troubled Guardians

A.N. Other · Sep 14, 2024 ·

By Zuhal Sharifee Overview  The Guardian-class Patrol Boats are a class of small patrol vessels developed by the Australian shipbuilding company Austal. The patrol boats are delivered under the Pacific ...

Captain William Cromarty: Mariner and Pioneer

A.N. Other · Sep 14, 2024 ·

By Leslie Kilmartin ‘What’s an Orkney lad, whatever, if he’s not to have a taste o’ the dangers of the sea? Robert Leighton (2004) William Cromarty arrived to settle in ...

The Properties, Office and Duetie of a Gunner

Editorial Staff · Sep 14, 2024 ·

Introduction While searching for another reference this small story from the September 2003 edition of this magazine came to attention. It was written by Cyprian Lucar (1544-1611) and is from ...

Gaza Trident Pier – Start and Finish

Editorial Staff · Sep 14, 2024 ·

An Inspirational Beginning Under a humanitarian aid initiative known as Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS), on Friday 17 May 2024 trucks began delivering shipments of humanitarian aid of food ...

After two centuries Matthew Flinders finally returns home

A.N. Other · Sep 14, 2024 ·

By Walter Burroughs  The June 2019 edition of this magazine contained an article on Matthew Flinders which summarised the great mariner’s life and revealed that his long-lost coffin was rediscovered ...

United States Naval Submarine School Groton

A.N. Other · Sep 14, 2024 ·

By Lauren Belknap Recently a group of Australian officers and sailors has undertaken training at the United States Naval Submarine School at Groton. Keeping us up to date with these ...

Book Review: Salt Horse

Kingsley Perry · Jun 2, 2024 ·

Salt Horse – Memoir of a Maverick Admiral, Claude Lionel Cumberlege. Published by Whittles Publishing Ltd, Dunbeath, Caithness KW6 6EG, Scotland. Admiral Claude Cumberlege RN wrote his memoirs in 1936-38, ...

Letter: HMS Hood

Letter Writer · Jun 2, 2024 ·

I have just received my ever welcome and informative copy of the Review. The article by Graeme Lunn, detailing HMS Hood’s cruise to Australia, reminded me of my father’s visit ...

The Naval Graves Project

Kingsley Perry · Jun 2, 2024 ·

By Kingsley Perry  In the December 2023 edition of this journal there was an article titled Rookwood. It described the location and extent of this large cemetery in Sydney and ...

100 Years ago: HMAS Australia and Gerald Muddyman

Editorial Staff · Jun 2, 2024 ·

Observing that 15 April marks the centenary of the intentional sinking of the battlecruiser HMAS Australia, the following article taken from the Newington Magazine website, carefully curated by Robert Curran, ...

First NAAFI Store on board RFA Ship opens

Editorial Staff · Jun 2, 2024 ·

This small article from the UK Forces Network is of some interest to us as there were originally four Bay-class RFA landing ship docks. One of these was RFA Largs ...

LCDR Walter Brooksbank MM RANVR at the Admiralty

A.N. Other · Jun 2, 2024 ·

The December 2023 issue of this magazine introduced LCDR Walter Brooksbank RANVR and the start of his involvement with Naval Intelligence. His grandson Tim Proust provided this article which continues ...

HMAS Maryborough escapes from Java

Editorial Staff · Jun 2, 2024 ·

An email was received recently from Ian Gotts of St Albans in England about the wartime exploits of his cousin Able Seaman James Gotts who was rescued from HMS Electra, ...

Daniel Solander: a Linnaean disciple on HMS Endeavour

A.N. Other · Jun 2, 2024 ·

By Emily Osterloff This article, which is available on the Natural History Museum website, is reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum in London as ...

The Blackwoods of Huon Park

Editorial Staff · Jun 2, 2024 ·

By Walter Burroughs In the northern Sydney suburb of Turramurra lies St James’ Church and adjacent is a War Memorial Hall with its honour board containing the names of those ...

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