by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCVO, DSO, FRS. An Extract from an account of the sinking of HMS Kelly in ...
The Loss of HMS Kelly
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1978
During squadron exercises on 11 January involving HMA Ships Barbette, Barricade and Bombard, an Aztec Piper aircraft on charter to the RAN and assisting with the exercise collided with Bombard’s ...
HMAS Warramunga, the Second of the Australian Built Tribals 1942 – 1963
A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952
(This article was the winner in the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Essay Competition.) IN COPIES OF QUEEN’S REGULATIONS and Admiralty Instructions under the section Ceremonial is a Table of Gun ...
Two Years in HMS Renown 1943-45
I JOINED RENOWN IN MAY 1943, at Rosyth, as a brand-new Lieutenant (E), straight from Keyham; it was my first time in Scotland, and I well remember the difficulty that ...
The Second Battle of Sirte – Mediterranean, 1941
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1977
HMA Ships BRUNEI, LABUAN, and WEWAK, (landing craft heavy), broke adrift in the Brisbane River during a violent tropical storm. The ships were saved from serious damage, and possible loss, ...
Australian Naval History on 2 December 1977
AB R. A. McLeod, RAN, was awarded the Australian Bravery Medal for the rescue of five members of the crew of HMAS ARROW, (patrol boat), which sank in Darwin Harbour ...
First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER1 emerged from the 1914-18 war as a major weapon of war, it was inevitable that the Royal Australian Navy – with the largest island continent in ...
The Submarine AE2 in World War One
The Rescue Yacht
HMAS PERTH AND USS HOUSTON were sunk in the very early hours of 1st March 1942, after a terrific fight against overwhelming odds. Many of the Perth survivors were picked ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1977
HMAS Duchess decommissioned, one day after the 25th anniversary of her original Royal Navy commissioning. DUCHESS had been loaned to the RAN in 1964, as a replacement for the destroyer ...
Australian Naval History on 27 August 1977
HMAS COOK, (oceanographic ship), was launched by Mrs. Joyce Killen, wife of the Minister for Defence, at Williamstown, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 August 1977
HMAS JERVIS BAY, (ex-merchant vessel AUSTRALIAN TRADER), was commissioned as a training ship. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1977
Legislation for the proclamation of a 200 mile Australian fishing zone was examined by the Australian Government. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1977
Kiowa 891 crashed near Sunday Island, Western Australia while recovering one of the HMAS Moresby’s crew from the top of a cliff. The man jumped aboard the helicopter which then ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1977
HMAS ADROIT, (patrol boat), arrested her third Taiwanese vessel illegally fishing in Australian waters in the month of July. ADROIT was operating with Pabron Three. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 July 1977
HMAS MORESBY, (survey ship), went to the aid of a refugee vessel with 47 Vietnamese men, women and children aboard off the West Australian coast. A boarding party from MORESBY ...
Australian Naval History on 13 July 1977
Westland Wessex Mk.31A, N7-213, 823 ditched in the Sea. The helicopter was performing plane guard duties from HMAS Melbourne on Exercise Highwood in the Irish Sea with Lt(P) Phil Pinniger ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1977
A Harrier G-VTOL aircraft was flown for the first time from HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier). ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1977
HMA Ships MELBOURNE and BRISBANE represented Australia at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Naval Review, at Spithead England. MELBOURNE was the oldest, and the largest ship at the Review. The youngest ...
The Fate of Singapore’s Guns – Japanese Report
In a previous issue of Naval Historical Review we published an article on the guns of Singapore and their ultimate fate. Mr. Bogart, a United States member of the Society, ...