Rewritten by George Hicks from an article published by Lew Lind in the magazine Garden Island, January/February, 1970 HMAS Tarakan Type: General Purpose Vessel [ex-Landing Ship (Tank), LST3 Class] Pendant ...
Publications
Leadership: Admiral Bruce Fraser, RN
Book Review: RN Navy List 1943
Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...
Letters: Adelaide’s Boarding Party
Dear Editor, Although I’m sure others will have already raised this, the one thing that the article about Adelaide‘s Boarding Party in the June issue failed to mention is that ...
Letters: HMAS Quickmatch to the Rescue
Dear Editor, I refer to the article HMAS Quickmatch to the Rescue by Max Hayles. I am most grateful to him for revealing that it was Quickmatch which came to ...
Letters: Followup on Singapore Naval Base
Dear Editor, The article ‘Singapore Naval Base Origin and Evolution’ published in the March 2007 issue of the Naval Historical Review contains a number of issues that warrant clarification. The ...
Book Review: The Royal Australian Navy – a History
The Royal Australian Navy – a History Edited by David Stevens, published by Oxford University Press. First published in 2001 as a hardback version, reprinted several times and so well ...
Further Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle, 1941
Leadership: Admiral of the Fleet Isoroku Yamamoto
HMAS Quickmatch – Medical Rescue – 1944
Korean Waters – Tribal Class Destroyers
Gascoyne to the Rescue On Christmas Day 1944
HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004
Book Review: The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, RN
The Indomitable Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy. By Peter Ashley. Published by Pierhead Press, England. rrp A$22.00. Reviewed by Dave Rickard The author, Peter Ashley, has spent nearly four decades ...
U-859 – From Germany to Penang
Singapore Naval Base – Origin and Evolution
HMS Invincible – A Flawed Design
Georgetown, Guiana – The Riots of February 1962
A Naval Career in Clearance Diving – Jake Linton
The Battle of the Atlantic – Contribution by Code Breakers
Letters: Followup on Disappearance of AE1
I was very interested in reading about the disappearance of the AE1 submarine without a trace in 1914. I have an idea that it may have been sucked down by ...
Book Review: Shadow Voyage – Escape of the SS Bremen
Leadership: Vice Admiral Nagumo & the Third Wave Decision
Christmases Past …
1776 Captain James Cook with HM ships Resolution and Discovery, arrived at Kerguelen or Desolation Island and named it after Capitan de Kerguelen, the French navigator. 1789 Entry in New ...