Naval Historical Society of Australia
Preserving Australia's Naval History
Members, partners, & friends. The 1942 Japanese midget submarine attack on ships in Sydney Harbour remains a topical subject. However, many Sydneysiders know little about this watershed event. It was
Overview: The attack on Pearl Harbour saw allied naval forces in South East Asia outnumbered and facing the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy. Japanese strategic objectives were the capture of Malaya,
Overview - The classification ‘frigate’ goes back a long way, but the classification re-emerged during World War II to describe the ‘twin-screw corvettes’ designed for the Royal Navy to seek
Overview - This presentation will cover the following The decisions by Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. The strategies by both Eisenhower and Rommel. The complex and detailed planning involving hundreds of
Members, partners, & friends. Would you like to know more about Royal Australian Navy (RAN) activities and facilities in Sydney Harbour from 1788 to the present, especially during WW II?
Overview - As of January 1944, the fate of Japan’s wartime empire in the Pacific was rapidly approaching a terminal precipice. The loss of two-thirds of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s
Members, partners, & friends. Would you like to know more about Royal Australian Navy (RAN) activities and facilities in Sydney Harbour from 1788 to the present, especially during WW II?
Overview - Finding the Montevideo Maru The loss of the Montevideo Maru is the worst maritime disaster in Australian history, and for 81 years, until 2023, the exact location of its final
Members, partners, & friends. Would you like to know more about Royal Australian Navy (RAN) activities and facilities in Sydney Harbour from 1788 to the present, especially during WW II?
Overview - The Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge One of the most iconic engineering structures in Sydney, opened to traffic in 1932. The bridge and its railway approaches however
