On Sunday 21 June 1981 HMA Ships Melbourne and Torrens were participating in Exercise Starfish 81 in the South China Sea when they rescued 99 Vietnamese refugees, now known as ...
Royal Australian Navy Historic Event Videos
The HMAS Australia II Story by Kez Hasanic
Online presentation about HMAS Australia II by Kez Hasanic. The HMAS Australia II Story ...
The Royal Australian Navy in World War One
The following note was provided by Captain Sean Andrews, RAN Director of the Sea Power Centre -Australia. Thanks also for the link to a short film made by the Sea ...
HMAS Platypus celebrates 50 years
Watch Channel 7 news coverage of Sydney’s former submarine base 50th anniversary event at Neutral Bay Sydney. ...
The Burial of Australia’s First Flagship HMAS Australia
On the 4th of October 1913 HMAS Australia led the new fleet through the heads of Sydney Harbour. HMAS Australia, an Indefatigable-class battle cruiser, was The Royal Australian Navy’s first ...
1913 RAN Fleet Entry
First entry of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney in 1913. Courtesy of Sea Power Centre – Australia. ...
2013 International Fleet Review Launch
The International Fleet Review was held to commemorate the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet into Sydney which occurred on 4 October 1913. The International ...
Australia’s lost ANZAC submarine AE2
This report on submarine AE2, lost just days after the ANZACs attacked the Dardanelles in 1915 provides images of the wreck taken during an expedition to the wreck led by ...