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Early warships

Occasional Paper 135: Was Heihachiro Tōgō Japan’s Horatio Nelson?

David Michael · May 4, 2022 ·

You must be a logged-in member to view this post. If you recently purchased a membership it can take up to 5 days to be activated, as our volunteers only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not a member yet or your membership just expired you can Join Now by purchasing a new membership from the shop. ...

Letter: HMVS Cerberus and her Flag

Letter Writer · Sep 27, 2021 ·

The following email was received from Jim Lorrimar of Perth, Western Australia. With regard to the June edition of the NHR which I recently received, I was admiring the Australia ...

Book Review: Australia’s Colonial Navies

Book reviewer · Sep 27, 2021 ·

Australia’s Colonial Navies by Ross Gillett is a revised and expanded edition published by the Naval Historical Society of Australia and released in 2021. In the 21st century most Australians ...

Heart of Oak and Jolly Tars: a short reflection

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2020 ·

By John McGrath The refrain of Heart of Oak (yes, it is Heart not Hearts) are our ships, begins: ‘Heart of oak are our ships, jolly tars are our men’. ...

Occasional Paper 64: HMCS Protector – 1900 to the Present

Kingsley Perry · Oct 30, 2019 ·

October 2019 By Kingsley Perry, Committee member, Naval Historical Society of Australia Occasional Paper Number 62 about the navy in South Australia from colonial days included reference to the acquisition of ...

Occasional Paper 62: The Navy in South Australia from Colonial Days to the Present

A.N. Other · Sep 16, 2019 ·

September 2019 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM, Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia It’s reputed that the first sighting of the southern coast of our Great South ...

Occasional Paper 17: Fleet arrival in Sydney – 4 October 1913

A.N. Other · Oct 1, 2017 ·

October 2017 At an Imperial Conference held in 1909, it was decided to deploy to Australian waters a naval unit consisting of at least a battle cruiser, three second class ...

From Submersibles to SWUP: The First Seventy-five years of Submarines in Australian Defence and Naval Policy

Goldrick, James, Commodore, RAN · Sep 4, 2011 ·

The following article comprises the 2011 Creswell Oration address delivered by Rear Admiral James Goldrick, AM, CSC, RAN to the Navy League of Australia at Melbourne in March of this ...

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The great Queensland floods of 1893 and HMQ Ships Gayundah and Paluma

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 2011 ·

A previous edition of this magazine reported on the recent (2011) Queensland floods and the refloating in dry dock of the ex HMAS Diamantina. The great Queensland flood of 1893 ...

Letters – Brass Monkeys

Letter Writer · Mar 21, 2009 ·

Dear Sir, The origin of the phrase ‘cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey’ was discussed in the last issue of NHR (December 2008, p20) but contains ...

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