Particulars: Displacement 200 tons Dimensions 105ft 6″ x 21 x 7ft 6″ Guns Unarmed (The crew may have had side arms for self-defence or covering fire on the beaches) Machinery ...
Publications
The Battle of the Atlantic – Western Approaches Command
Carrier Flying – the Greatest Sport
I-52 – Japan’s Golden Submarine – Sunk in the Atlantic in 1944
Remains of the Kriegsmarine Handed to the Allies – 1945
Of the heavy ships only the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and the light cruisers Nurnberg and Leipzig remained afloat (the latter a virtual wreck after being accidentally rammed by Prinz ...
Captain Fogarty Fegen VC RN (1891-1940)
HMS Cossack
The name COSSACK, to many people, means a fierce sabre-wielding horseman from southern Russia. To most World War II naval veterans it reminds them of the exploits of the Tribal ...
Letters: Navy forgotten in Centenary Stamps
It is with some concern that I read in the January-February 2001 Australian Stamp Bulletin that Australia Post is releasing a set of stamps commemorating 100 years of service by the ...
Letters: RAN College
Dear Sir What a charming and informative article that was on the RAN College (Naval Historical Review, Vol 21, No. 4) [Ed: Dec 2000]. Thank you. Given the rate of ...
The Role of the RAN in the Liberation of the Philippines
Missing were the usherettes and the popcorn
Christmas Day Off Korea
I recall this amusing little story as told by my former captain of a large destroyer, from his earlier days during the Korean War (1951-53). My CO was a gunnery ...
Portuguese Carronades – 16th Century Explorers to Australia?
Naval involvement in the Boxer Rebellion – 100th Anniversary
Book Review: Nelson to Vanguard
Title: Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 Author: D.K. Brown Publisher: Chatham Publishing Nelson to Vanguard, Warship Design and Development 1923-1945 is the final volume in a three ...
1901-Australian Federation & the Royal Tour
Royal Australian Naval College
Torpedoing of SS Ormiston – 1943
RAN Aircraft Hoisting – Changing Techniques
Salutes – Why 21 Guns for Royalty?
I was intrigued to see the great interest which was aroused in the Montreal press over the firing of the 21 gun salutes to welcome the Princess Royal on her ...
The 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the RAN Participation
The HMAS Sydney – HSK Kormoran Engagement (November 1941) – Part 2
Operation “Meridian” – Palembang Oil Refineries, 1945
Young Endeavour – Challenge for the future
The people who are prepared to challenge their own ideas about their limitations are the people who make the most of their lives. These are the people who are prepared ...
Minehunter – Project Progress News
GASCOYNE launches. The fourth of six Huon Class minehunters ADI is building for the Royal Australian Navy was recently launched at Newcastle. The on schedule, within budget launch of GASCOYNE ...