(with apologies to Kenneth Horne et al) – by John Ellis (Member) The author was a volunteer member of the crew of HM Barque Endeavour on passage from Sydney to ...
Publications
Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle 1941
Book Review: Beneath Southern Seas – The Silent Service
Beneath Southern Seas – The Silent Service by Jon Davison and Tom Allibone. Published by UWA Press. rrp $65.00 Reviewed by Tim Duchesne Some might think this glossy doorstop of ...
Book Review: Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942
Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942. A Maritime Mystery. By Steven Carruthers. Caper Publications Pty Ltd, Narrabeen. ISBN 0-9775630-0-4. Hard cover, 264pp Reviewed by Sandy Saunders Being a comparative newcomer to ...
Book Review: The Rattlesnake
The Rattlesnake by Jordan Goodman. Published by Faber and Faber 358 pages, illustrated.ISBN 1 5712 1973 2 Reviewed by Graeme Andrews. Who was Owen Stanley that he could get a ...
The Moresbys and Norfolk Island
Sebastiano Venier-Mediterranean 1941: Tribute to an Enemy
Captain Francis Hixson VD RN and the NSW Naval Forces
Women in the RAN – a Personal Perspective
HMS Byron and the Captain’s Appendix
A Reminiscence – Bombers and MTBs in the Med
Naval Communications – One for the Sparkers 1942
In October 1942, an Australian ‘N’ Class and an RN Destroyer were searching for survivors from a ship torpedoed some 800 miles south of the Cape of Good Hope. The ...
Disappearance of AE1 – 14 September 1914 – Still a Mystery
Book Review: Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd) Reviewed by LCDR Ron Robb, RAN (Rtd) This book ...
16th Minesweeping Squadron – Plaque Dedication
Letters: Followup on Admiral Karl Doenitz
Book Review: A Man of Intelligence -The Life of Eric Nave
A Man of Intelligence – The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary. By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, Captain, RAN (Rtd). Publisher Rosenberg Publishing P/L, Dural, 2006. Reviewed by LCDR ...
HMA Anti-Submarine School – The Rushcutter Story
Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14
HMS Belfast – The Missing Spadrem
HMAS Bass: The Thin White (and Buff-coloured) Line
Rushcutter Graduates in the Battle of the Atlantic
Book Review: Forgotten Fleet 2
Forgotten Fleet 2 By Bill and Ruth Lunney Forfleet Publishing, Medowie NSW 2318. ISBN 0 9751683 0 4. rrp $50.00 plus $8.00 p&p. Available from the publisher at 7 Wade ...
Book Review: Compass
Compass by Alan Gurney W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005. rrp A$30.00 Reviewed by Tony Howland In the year 1552, one John Hamilton wrote ‘a skipper can not guide ...
Book Review: Jack Aubrey triple pack
Jack Aubrey Commands – An Historical Companion to the Naval Work of Patrick O’Brian By Brian Lavery Patrick O’Brian’s Navy – The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World Richard O’Neill ...