At HMAS Penguin on Friday, 17 October 2008 I am not here to talk about a battle but to reflect on just what it is that makes Nelson the ‘immortal ...
Publications
Book Review: Sydney – Cipher and Search
Book Review: Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’
Konfrontasi – Reminiscences of a ‘Rocky’, A Naval Reserve Officer’s experiences during Confrontation. A personal account by Jim Warren, Leut RNZNVR Rtd. Self-published, IIviPRINT, Newcastle West, NSW 2009. RRP $25, soft ...
Book Review: The Sydney Sailors’ Home – 150 Years of Caring for Seafarers
The Sydney Sailors’ Home-150 Years of Caring for Seafarers By Jan Bowen. Hard cover, 96 pages, 275×210 mm. RRP $45.00 plus $12.00 postage and handling (includes GST). Available through The ...
The Australians at Jutland
The Health of the Navy
Admirable Ancestors
Organisation of Coastwatching in the New Guinea WW 2
Obituary: Jenny of ‘Jenny’s Side Party’, Hong Kong
Mrs Ng Muk Kah, BEM Generations of sailors who visited Hong Kong will mourn the death of Jenny. She was a much loved living legend who, for all the colony’s ...
The Boatswain, the Mate, and the Kickings
Tales from the Dockyard: The Silver Docket
The Long Journey Home – Unknown HMAS Sydney Sailor
We Regret to Inform You . . . .
The Melbourne/Voyager Collision – Untold Story
Tales from the Dockyard: Dan Craig’s Medal
Tales from the Dockyard: ‘Ingenuity Rules’
Lest it be thought that there was no humour in HM Naval Yard, Garden Island, during G.H. Bromwich’s long term in office, the following account by an apprentice boilermaker of ...
Book Review: Treachery
Treachery by Julian Stockwin. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. rrp $32.99 Reviewed by Barry Nobes Treachery is ninth in a series of Napoleonic War naval stories by Julian Stockwin, ...
General Knowledge Question
Which ship of the RAN wore the flag of an Admiral of the Fleet longer than any other? Answer Though her commission in the RAN was very brief, HMAS Suva ...
The Story of a Hundred Gallon Barrel
Green and Gold Malaria
The day would soon arrive when I could not ignore the rash. I was obviously ill and so I called on Doctor Nash. This standard consultation would adjudicate my fate. ...
Leadership: Admiral Raymond Spruance, USN
Letters – Cannon Balls and Brass Monkeys
Oh, dear. Not that old saw again! (Cannon Balls – Dispelling a Myth, The Review, December, 2008.) It’s an amusing yarn but there’s not a word of truth in it. The ...
Letters – Brass Monkeys
UK Defence Bullying Report – RAF Worst of the Three Services
A recent report by the Equal Opportunities Audit Team has found that allegations of ‘a culture of widespread bullying and brutality’ within the British Forces are, in the most part, ...
