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HMAS Hobart I

Occasional Paper 191: Aviation in the Royal Australian Navy, the first 65 Years, 1917 to 1982

Editorial Staff · Mar 1, 2025 ·

Sopwith Pup from HMAS Sydney with HMAS Melbourne in the background

The following story is based on a Royal Australian Navy News story first published on Friday 23 April 1982, page 4. Australian Naval aviation this month celebrated the 65th anniversary ...

Occasional Paper 137: Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942)

David Michael · May 4, 2022 ·

This short account of the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea focuses on the strategically significant outcomes of the battle and how they related to the future of World War 2 and Australians in particular. ...

Derek Holyoake and the torpedoing of HMAS Hobart in 1943

David Stratton · Jun 28, 2021 ·

Derek Holyoake enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on July 8, 1940 at the age of 16 and was serving onboard HMAS Hobart when she was torpedoed on July 20, ...

Memories of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Editorial Staff · Jun 16, 2021 ·

News of the death of Prince Philip was received with great sadness when he recently crossed the bar just short of his century. Not only was he a magnificent consort ...

Occasional Paper 30: HMAS Hobart

David Stratton · Oct 29, 2018 ·

Several events concerning the three HMA Ships Hobart come together with a memorial and commemoration service at the Garden Island Chapel on Sunday 22nd July starting at 10.00am. HMAS Hobart ...

The Battle of the Coral Sea

A.N. Other · Jun 18, 2015 ·

 MIDN Lachlan Montgomery joined the RAN in February 2014 coming from a family of five in Ringwood Victoria. His father is a serving member of the Victorian Police Force and ...

HMAS Hobart – The Skilful Survivor

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2014 ·

 As told to our Editor by Cyril Rayner  The Australian Navy started the war with three relatively modern Modified Leander Class light cruisers. Of these fine ships much has been ...

Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN

Rosenweig, Paul A. · Sep 8, 2003 ·

ON TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2002, a commemorative service was held in Darwin to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Before the Cenotaph, former Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen ...

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The Role of the RAN in the Liberation of the Philippines

Royle, Guy, Admiral · Mar 30, 2001 ·

An address by RADM Guy Griffiths, AO, DSO, DSC, RAN Retd at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne (Oct 2000) Together with the widely dispersed set-backs in late 1941 – early ...

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RAN Aircraft Hoisting – Changing Techniques

Vickridge, G.L.W., Lieutenant, RANR · Sep 7, 2000 ·

Two very different types of aircraft are being hoisted in the two photographs in this article.  The open cockpit Seagull III, A9-3 is seen being hoisted inboard to HMAS Albatross. While ...

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Captain Harry L. Howden OBE, CBE, RAN

Howden, Patrick ffyske · Sep 1, 1999 ·

Material in this article is from a paper “Portrait of my Father” by Dr Patrick ffyske Howden and is used with Dr Howden’s kind permission. Captain Harry L. Howden was ...

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Mystery of paper trail for HMAS Yarra gallantry claims

Bradford, John · Mar 7, 1998 ·

The February 1979 edition of the magazine, `Parade’, featured an article `Life and death of the YARRA’ describing the epic wartime service of the sloop, HMAS YARRA, from the time ...

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Book Review: The Quay to the Sea

Book reviewer · Jun 11, 1994 ·

By Captain Surtees M. Rothery The story begins with the author as a young lad growing up in the Vaucluse area of Sydney in the 1920s. Captain Rothery paints a ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral H.A.S SHOWERS, CBE

A.N. Other · Sep 11, 1991 ·

With his death an historic link with the beginning of the RAN has been severed as Rear Admiral H.A. Showers, CBE was the last survivor of the first entry of ...

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The RAN’s Destroyers

Ramsay, O.G. · Mar 11, 1991 ·

Surely destroyers are the backbone of our Royal Australian Navy. Thirty-nine destroyers have served in the RAN since Foundation in 1911, from our first destroyers – HMA Ships PARRAMATTA (1), ...

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Obituary: Harry Adlam

Zammitt, Alan · Jun 20, 1983 ·

HAROLD CHARLES (HARRY) ADLAM grew up in Penshurst, Sydney. Economics dictated that he leave school at the age of 14. However, he educated himself and ended up with a better ...

HMAS Shropshire

Gower, J.R., Captain, RN (Rtd) · Jun 23, 1981 ·

THIS IS THE STORY of a well known ship, seen through the eyes of a retired captain who commissioned the ship as a cadet in 1929. In 1927 the Admiralty ...

HMAS Bataan

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 1980 ·

The Last of the Australian Built Tribal Class THE LAST OF THE THREE Tribal class destroyers built at Cockatoo Island was to have been named Kurnai after an Aboriginal Tribe ...

Corvette Maryborough 1941-1946

Harvey K · Jun 23, 1980 ·

HMAS MARYBOROUGH was built by Walker’s Ltd at Maryborough, Queensland and commissioned by Lieutenant Commander G. L. Cant, RAN on 15th June, 1941. Known as the Bathurst class of mine-sweepers, ...

On the Gunline – HMAS Perth’s 3rd deployment in Vietnam

Kelly, Michael J · Mar 31, 1980 ·

IN THESE MODERN DAYS of trade expansion and spreading communities there is an ever increasing threat of Communism infiltrating into the free countries of Europe and Asia. In recent years ...

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First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Oct 31, 1977 ·

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 ...

Alan Payne – Naval Constructor Supreme

Payne, Alan · Mar 30, 1976 ·

A naval constructor may at first glance appear an odd subject for biography but there was nothing odd about Britain’s greatest builder of modern ships, Stephen Payne. This is the ...

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Japanese Destroyers In Battle of Sunda Strait

A.N. Other · Sep 30, 1975 ·

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 ...

HMAS Bendigo – New Guinea 1942

Richardson, G · Jun 30, 1975 ·

In our last issue we featured the first year in the career of HMAS Bendigo. The corvette’s multifarious duties earned the title of ‘Maid of all Tasks’. Between June and ...

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HMAS Bendigo 1941 – 42

Richardson, G · Mar 31, 1975 ·

Diaries in any form were disallowed in HMA Ships during World War II but fortunately for history some were kept and many survived. One such diary was kept by C ...

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