The Australian Naval Board flag was lowered for the last time. The flag’s design dated back to the 17th century. The Defence Reorganisation Act gave the Chiefs of Staff direct ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1976
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1976
817 squadron re-equipped with the larger Sea King helicopter, which greatly improved the RAN’s anti-submarine warfare capability. ...
The Entire Convoy was Sunk
Able Seaman Bob Collins was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of HMAS Perth and USS Houston at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After working on the Burma-Siam Railway, Collins ...
The Indian Navy
Captain A.S. Rosenthal DSO and Bar, OBE, RAN
The Catapult Fighters
For two years during World War II, from 1941 to 1943, the Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships, assisted by Fighter Catapult Ships of the Royal Navy, played an important role in ...
Battle Cruisers in Collision
Australians at Zeebrugge
HMAS Perth Loses her Walrus
Australian Naval History on 27 December 1975
725 Squadron, flying the Wessex, decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 3 December 1975
HMAS OTAMA, (Oberon class submarine), was launched by Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, in Greenock, Scotland. She was the last of the Oberon class submarines built for the RAN. ...
Battle Honours for HMA Ships and Fleet Air Arm Squadrons
Australian Naval History on 24 November 1975
HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), was sold out of service for breaking up in Hong Kong. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1975
RADM G. V. Gladstone was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. His flagship was HMAS SUPPLY. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 October 1975
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier and fast troop transport), was sold for breaking up in South Korea. ...
Japanese Destroyers In Battle of Sunda Strait
The Battle of Sunda Strait was won by Japanese destroyers. In no other action in the Pacific War were their destroyers given the opportunity of using the tactics they had ...
The Argentine Navy 1849-1974
HIRMS Rynda Arrives
Christmas in the RAN 1944
Christmas 1944 was celebrated in a variety of ways and under widely differing conditions in the RAN. Here are just a few recorded by C. Hermion Gill. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, ...
Commissioned for 69 Days-HMAS Boonaroo
Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE, CB, DLJP 1872-1949
New South Wales Naval Forces
This article appeared in The Navy and Army Illustrated dated 15th October 1897. The New South Wales Naval Brigade was the least developed of the Colonial Navies for the obvious ...
Australian Naval History on 15 September 1975
HMS ODIN, the last Royal Navy submarine to serve with the Australian Submarine Flotilla, sailed from Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1975
HMAS FLINDERS, (survey ship), completed the RAN’s first survey controlled by a satellite navigation system, off the coast of Bougainville ...
Australian Naval History on 5 September 1975
Two armament workers were killed in an explosion at the RAN’s Armament Depot, at Newington, Sydney. The accident occurred during the testing of a torpedo firing pistol. ...