By Commander Andy Millar CSC RAN Rtd Andy Millar is dual qualified as a submariner and anti-submarine specialist who was intimately involved with the submarine project since its inception in ...
HMAS Farncomb
Book Review: The Collins Class Submarine Story
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1998
HMAS TORRENS, (destroyer escort), was decommissioned at HMAS STIRLING, after a career lasting 27 years. TORRENS was the last of the six River class destroyer escorts, which commenced service in ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1998
The Collins class submarine, HMAS FARNCOMB was commissioned at Adelaide, SA. FARNCOMB was laid down in the Australian Submarine Corporation, and launched on 15 December 1995. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1991
The keel of the second Collins Class submarine, HMAS FARNCOMB, was laid at Osborne, South Australia. ...
The Collins Class Submarines
In an unprecedented break from Australian naval tradition, the new submarines have been named not after capital cities, towns or former vessels, but distinguished naval personnel in World War 2. ...