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, ...
Australian Units
The Naval Graves Project
By Kingsley Perry In the December 2023 edition of this journal there was an article titled Rookwood. It described the location and extent of this large cemetery in Sydney and ...
Book Review: Abide With Me – The HMAS Voyager Tragedy
Abide With Me – The HMAS Voyager Tragedy by Elizabeth McCarthy This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the collision between HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager off the New South ...
Occasional Paper 180: HMAS Yarra (III): IKARA related Configuration Changes Through Life
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Occasional Paper 179: A Boiler Without a Ship
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Occasional Paper 174: The Queensland Fraser Coast and Royal Australian Navy Historical Ties
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Book Review: “Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999”
“Safe to Dive – Submarine Support in Sydney 1914 to 1999” by John Jeremy was published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia in 2023, under licence agreement with the ...
Auster shootdown over Sydney in 1955
FOR more than three hours on a fine, calm August morning in 1955, the eyes of Sydney’s suburbia were fixed skyward, anxiously watching the flight of a pilotless Auster aeroplane ...
Exploring the Charms of the Historic Seaport of Williamstown, Victoria
Glenn Jones, the Executive Officer of the Seaworks Maritime Precinct, has kindly put together this invitation to our members who may care to visit or revisit Williamstown with its many ...
Getting in and out of the Naval College
The June 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article Tristan da Cunha and a Tribute to John Smith, providing a shortened version of the remarkable life story of Commander ...
A War Artist’s Nude Painting
By Beryllouise Mitchell In 1999, after the 30 August ballot in East Timor (later Timor-Leste) that was to determine the territory’s future went drastically wrong, the United Nations sanctioned an ...
USS Canberra commissions in Sydney
An historically significant ceremony occurred at Sydney’s Fleet Base East on Saturday 22 July 2023 when the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Canberra commissioned into the United States Navy. This ...
Occasional Paper 169: HMAS Vendetta and Commander Eric Eugene Johnston RAN; Vietnam Deployment 1969 – 1970
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Occasional Paper 168: The Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War: 1943
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Occasional Paper 166: A history of HMAS Waterhen
by CMDR Rick Westoby, OAM, RAN Past History of the Site The site of HMAS Waterhen, on the shoreline of Balls Head Bay, sits within the traditional land of ...
New Entry Officers’ Course Essays
In 1985 the Naval Historical Society (NHS) first donated an essay prize to the college. The prize consisted of a one-year subscription to the Society and a six-volume bound collection ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 2023
The Evolved Cape class patrol boat ADV Cape Woolamai was officially accepted ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 2023
HMA Ships Benalla II and Shepparton II decommissioned at Cairns ...
Occasional Paper 164: Saving the old Parramatta
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Occasional Paper 163: Able Seaman Frank McGovern OAM 1919 – 2023
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Australian Naval History on 1 June 2023
HMAS Launceston II was decommissioned at Darwin ...
Occasional Paper 161: HMAS Tobruk (II) Recognized for Operation SOLACE Service
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Occasional Paper 162: Port Phillip’s Fleet Review 1920
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Occasional Paper 159: River Class Torpedo Boat Destroyers
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Occasional Paper 160: Shipwright First Class Patrick Daniel Murphy BEM
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