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Australian Warships

The Frigates that ‘did nothing in particular, and did it very well’ – with apologies to W.S. Gilbert.

A.N. Other · Jun 3, 2023 ·

By John Ingram Fifty years ago, the Whitlam Labor government cancelled the troubled Light Destroyer (DDL) project and set in place the acquisition of six patrol frigates of the Oliver ...

An Australian minesweeper goes to Cyprus

Editorial Staff · Mar 8, 2023 ·

The following arises from the article A Magnificent Greek Warship published in the December 2022 edition of the Naval Historical Review which explored the history of the Greek museum ship ...

Royal Australian Navy: Fleet Reviews over the Years

Haken, J.K., Dr · Mar 8, 2023 ·

By Dr J.K. Haken A Fleet Review is a British tradition where the monarch inspects the massed ships of the navy. It originally occurred when the fleet was mobilised for ...

The River Clyde: The cradle of British shipbuilding and the birthplace of the Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Dec 7, 2022 ·

By CMDR Tony Vine RAN Rtd  The River Clyde in Scotland has long been described as the cradle of the British shipbuilding industry and in 1909 it became the foundation ...

Corvette Memorial Booklet – A Tribute to Those Who Served

Dave Lardner · Jul 25, 2022 ·

The Corvettes of the Royal Australian Navy were built in Australia and crewed by Australians. These ships served with distinction in all theatres of World War 2. This booklet is ...

Occasional Paper 137: Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942)

David Michael · May 4, 2022 ·

This short account of the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea focuses on the strategically significant outcomes of the battle and how they related to the future of World War 2 and Australians in particular. ...

Occasional Paper 136: Gun Battle on the Han

David Michael · May 4, 2022 ·

In this personal account by Lieutenant Commander Roberts RAN who was Executive Officer of HMAS Murchison during the Korean War, he describes gun battles fought against North Korean ground forces during Murchison’s patrols of the Han River between July 1951 and January 1952. ...

Australia’s Search for Maritime Self-Defence: Historical Conventional Inheritance or Regional Nuclear Obeisance?

A.N. Other · Dec 29, 2021 ·

By Kate Reid-Smith In the early twentieth century, Australia’s first Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Sir William Rooke Creswell, suggested the nation’s future path lay outside Imperial Britain. It was ...

HMAS Sydney 80th Anniversary Commemorative Speech

A.N. Other · Dec 7, 2021 ·

By Commodore Ivan Ingham AM RAN The following commemorative speech was delivered by Commodore Ingham at the HMAS Sydney (II) memorial in Geraldton, Western Australia on Friday 19 November 2021. ...

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