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HMAS Australia I

Occasional Paper 42: The day the entire German fleet surrendered – 100 years ago

Editorial Staff · May 21, 2025 ·

Armistice Day is remembered as the day World War One ended, but for naval historians Britain’s greatest victory came 10 days later.  Operation ZZ was the code name for the ...

Occasional Paper 19: Surgeon Commander Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN MB BS. Adelaide 1879-1924

A.N. Other · May 18, 2025 ·

  Surgeon Commander Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN MB BS. Adelaide. 1879-1924 These biographical notes on CMDR Alexander Caw who served in HMAS Australia during World War 1 were provided by ...

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

Editorial Staff · May 18, 2025 ·

At an Imperial Conference held in 1909, it was decided to deploy toAustralian waters a naval unit consisting of at least a battle cruiser, three second class cruisers, six destroyers, ...

Book Review: Salt Horse

Kingsley Perry · Jun 2, 2024 ·

Salt Horse – Memoir of a Maverick Admiral, Claude Lionel Cumberlege. Published by Whittles Publishing Ltd, Dunbeath, Caithness KW6 6EG, Scotland. Admiral Claude Cumberlege RN wrote his memoirs in 1936-38, ...

Occasional Paper 162: Port Phillip’s Fleet Review 1920

Gillett, Ross · May 2, 2023 ·

By Ross Gillett “In the perfect beauty of the crisp autumn afternoon, the Prince of Wales made his triumphant entry to the homeland of the Anzacs in the Australian destroyer ...

The River Clyde: The cradle of British shipbuilding and the birthplace of the Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Dec 7, 2022 ·

By CMDR Tony Vine RAN Rtd  The River Clyde in Scotland has long been described as the cradle of the British shipbuilding industry and in 1909 it became the foundation ...

Book Review: Mutineers – A True Story of Heroes and Villains

Kingsley Perry · Jun 20, 2021 ·

Mutineers – A True Story of Heroes and Villains. Paperback of 320 pages by Robert Hadler, published by Wilkinson Publishing Pty Limited, Victoria 3000. Available from booksellers, rrp $28.75. The ...

Occasional Paper 111: HMAS Australia I – Post WWI and Scuttling

Editorial Staff · May 6, 2021 ·

After returning home to Australia on 15 June 1919 after an absence of 1775 days HMAS Australia I resumed the role of RAN flagship. A year later she played the ...

Occasional Paper 110: Charles Killick, RAN Bandsman, 1918-1925

Editorial Staff · May 6, 2021 ·

Correspondence relating to the 99th birthday of veteran bandsman, Charles Killick who served in HMAS Australia during World War 1. ...

Occasional Paper 91: Invidious Choices – The German East Asia Squadron and the RAN in the Pacific, August to December 1914

A.N. Other · Oct 6, 2020 ·

By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods RAN This paper was first published by the Australian Naval Institute online and in an abbreviated form the by the UK Naval Review and by ...

Occasional Paper 60: Naval Gigs: Past and Present

Editorial Staff · Aug 22, 2019 ·

August 2019 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM, Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia Subsequent to the recent recovery of an HMAS Australia (1) Gig from bushland at ...

Scapa Flow Revisited

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By Walter Burroughs The name Scapa Flow was synonymous with naval operations in both world wars as a safe anchorage for vast fleets seeking to control access to the seaborne ...

Rear Admiral Claude Lionel Cumberiege and his influence on the RAN

A.N. Other · Jun 24, 2018 ·

The Naval Historical Society was recently favoured with copies of two volumes of an unpublished five volume set comprising the autobiography of Rear Admiral Cumberiege. The volumes came from his ...

Occasional Paper 19: Surgeon Commander Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN

A.N. Other · Dec 1, 2017 ·

December 2017 Surgeon Commander Alexander Ruan Caw, RAN MB BS. Adelaide. 1879-1924 These biographical notes on CMDR Alexander Caw who served in HMAS Australia during World War 1 were provided ...

The ‘Battle’ of May Island

A.N. Other · Jun 29, 2017 ·

By Laurie Watson In the many memorial services to commemorate the centenary of World War I events, that commemorating the Battle of May Island is very likely to pass under ...

The Gospel of St John and LCDR Donald Mckenzie RAN

Editorial Staff · Jun 29, 2017 ·

Recently one of our members and cherished chaplains, the Reverend Dr Gareth Clayton, presented the Society with a copy of the Gospel of St John which had been given into ...

Commander Frederick Campbell Darley 1886 – 1926

Swinden, Greg · Jun 28, 2017 ·

Frederick Campbell Darley was born at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW on 12 February 1886, the eldest child of Cecil West Darley (Public Works Engineer) and Constance Leila Annette Darley (nee ...

Letter: Picket Boats

Letter Writer · Sep 20, 2015 ·

This letter was received from our ever helpful member Leyland Wilkinson who has recently moved from the Central Coast to Grafton.   As always the recent issue (June 2015) of ...

Occasional Paper 130: Our First Fleet Commander – Admiral Sir George Patey

A.N. Other · Mar 23, 2015 ·

By Walter Burroughs  A summary of this paper was presented at a conference held from 30 September to 01 October 2014 at the Universidad Andres Bello, Chile on the maritime ...

HMAS Encounter (1905 – 1932)

Temp Author · Jan 5, 2015 ·

HMS Encounter served on the Australia Station and was later commissioned into the RAN. She played a vital role in defence of the eastern coast of Australia, and the anti raider patrols in the South West Pacific. She was regarded as “more beloved than any other unit of our fleet”. ...

Invidious Choices – The German East Asia Squadron and the RAN in the Pacific, August to December 1914

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 2014 ·

By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods, RAN  This article was presented by the author at the Anglo-German Naval Race and WWI at Sea Conference held at Portsmouth, England in July 2014. ...

Australian Sailors at Zeebrugge, 1918

Periodical, Semaphore · Sep 10, 2010 ·

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the March, 2007 issue of Semaphore, the newsletter of the Sea Power Centre of Australia.  We are grateful for their ongoing permission to ...

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Australian Navy and the 1909 Imperial Conference on Defence

Periodical, Semaphore · Dec 21, 2009 ·

This article originally appeared in the July, 2009 edition of Semaphore published by the Sea Power Centre, Australia. A century ago, Australia’s Navy, such as it was, seemed in poor ...

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The Australians at Jutland

Swinden, Greg · Sep 21, 2009 ·

The Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 was the major naval battle of World War I.  For a few short hours on that day the British Grand Fleet and ...

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HMAS Australia – A ship for a nation

Stevens, David · Sep 5, 2008 ·

‘There would be an element of tragedy in such an end to any ship; but when the ship represents as much, and suggests as much, as the Australia does, the ...

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