IN THE LATTER PART of World War 2, twelve British designed frigate hulls were built in Australian shipyards. These were ships of 300ft. overall length fitted with two triple expansion ...
Publications
The Holman Projector
The emergencies of war and the unpreparedness of Britain for a world war have tested the inventiveness of the nation to build new and often quite bizarre weapons. World War ...
Lord Nelson’s Prayer
On the morning of 21st October, 1805, the combined fleets of France and Spain then in sight. May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country and for ...
A Battleship for the RAN – considerations 1937-49
The Mystery of Airship R31
The Sea War in Korea 1950 – 1953
Spectacle Island Command 1894 – 1900
Boxer Rebellion Journal
Alan Payne – Naval Constructor Supreme
The Fleet off Crete
HMAS Cape Leeuwin
Ship Badges – Royal Australian Navy
The Entire Convoy was Sunk
Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...
The Indian Navy
Captain A.S. Rosenthal DSO and Bar, OBE, RAN
The Catapult Fighters
For two years during World War II, from 1941 to 1943, the Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships, assisted by Fighter Catapult Ships of the Royal Navy, played an important role in ...
Battle Cruisers in Collision
Australians at Zeebrugge
HMAS Perth Loses her Walrus
Battle Honours for HMA Ships and Fleet Air Arm Squadrons
Japanese Destroyers In Battle of Sunda Strait
The Battle of Sunda Strait was won by Japanese destroyers. In no other action in the Pacific War were their destroyers given the opportunity of using the tactics they had ...
The Argentine Navy 1849-1974
HIRMS Rynda Arrives
Christmas in the RAN 1944
Christmas 1944 was celebrated in a variety of ways and under widely differing conditions in the RAN. Here are just a few recorded by C. Hermion Gill. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, ...