ON 26 NOVEMBER 1812 HMS Samarang, sloop-of-war commanded by Captain William Case, arrived at Port Jackson from Madras with a quantity of specie in dollars for the use of the ...
The Infamous Conduct of Captain William Case and the crew of HMS
Kelly of the Fighting Fifth Flotilla – A brief history of HMS Kelly
Fateful Encounter – Sydney and Kormoran
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1978
HMAS STIRLING, (shore establishment in Western Australia), commissioned. Located at Garden Island WA,. near the town of Rockingham, the base is often referred to as Fleet Base West. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1978
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), represented Australia at the Solomon Island Independence Day celebrations, at Honiara. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1978
HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), was launched at Seattle, USA. ...
HMS Illustrious – the first armoured aircraft carrier
HMAS Psyche – 1915
Captain Steve Arliss RN and HMAS Napier
This thumbnail sketch of Captain Steve Arliss, Captain (D), 7th Destroyer Flotilla was prepared by the late Rear-Admiral Becher as a helpful guidance for the Society’s history of the N ...
Captain James Bradshaw RN Extracts from his Journals 1801-1811
Australian Naval History on 8 May 1978
RADM G. J. Willis, AO, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1978
The Oberon class submarine HMAS OTAMA, was commissioned. OTAMA was laid down at Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 28 May 1973, and launched on 3 December 1975. HRH Princess Anne ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1978
CDRE Sir James Ramsay, became the first officer of the RAN to be knighted twice. CDRE Ramsay, a Knight Bachelor and Governor of WA, was created a KCMG. ...
James Goodenough, Sailor and Humanitarian 1830 – 1875
HMAS Shropshire: 1928 – 1954
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 ...
