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Australian Units

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 ...

HMAS Patricia Cam

Editorial Staff · Jun 29, 2017 ·

Graeme Andrews, one of our long serving members with a sharp wit and fine pen, wrote an excellent article Cam’s Trawlers first published in the May 2006 edition of Afloat magazine. After ...

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 ...

Australian Naval History on 6 June 2017

On This Day · Jun 6, 2017 ·

The ADV Cape Inscription was commissioned at Fleet Base West. The two Cape-class patrol boats for the navy were built by Austal under a AU$63 million project and leased for ...

Occasional Paper 8: The Gustavo Stefanini Story

A.N. Other · Jun 1, 2017 ·

June 2017 The following story was provided by Commander Stephen Youll, OAM RAN Retd in relation to the matter of the first RAN ship to sink a submarine in World ...

Australian Naval History on 29 May 2017

On This Day · May 29, 2017 ·

After almost two years of operations with the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Defence Vessel Cape Byron was returned to the original owner, Australian Border Force. Since July 2015, Cape Byron ...

Australian Naval History on 1 May 2017

On This Day · May 1, 2017 ·

The ADV Cape Fourcroy was commissioned at Fleet Base West. The two Cape-class patrol boats for the navy were built by Austal under a AU$63 million project and leased for ...

Occasional Paper 7: HMAS Vampire Memorial Address (9 April 2017)

Alexandra Murtazaeva · May 1, 2017 ·

May 2017 On 9 April 1942, HMAS Vampire (I) was sunk by Japanese bombers in the vicinity of Batticaloa, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the loss of eight lives.  This action was ...

Book review: Flagship: The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan

Book reviewer · Mar 29, 2017 ·

By Mike Carlton. Penguin Random House, Sydney, August 2016. Hardcover 642 pages with illustrations and many b&w photographs. RRP $50 – discounts available. Some naval history books traverse well-worn tracks ...

HMAS Nepal and Operation ES – June and July 1942

Letter Writer · Mar 29, 2017 ·

The Society received the following letter which explains this unusual circumstance. A recent application to the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal has cast light on a hitherto unknown operation undertaken ...

HMAS Norman – far from Home

A.N. Other · Mar 29, 2017 ·

By Peter Nunan Background The N-class destroyers operated in many parts of the globe but HMAS Norman was the only one of her ilk to have made an operational voyage to ...

The Albert Medal

Ellis, John · Mar 29, 2017 ·

By John Ellis Queen Victoria instituted the Albert Medal in 1866 to recognise those civilians who had attempted to prevent the loss of life at sea. A year later the ...

HDML 1321 and what she represents

A.N. Other · Mar 29, 2017 ·

Java is heaven, Burma is hell but you never come back alive from New Guinea – Japanese wartime saying An eagle-eyed member of our Society drew attention to this short ...

Fifty Years under the Australian White Ensign

Rivett, Norman C · Mar 29, 2017 ·

With the Australian White Ensign approaching its fiftieth anniversary on 1 March 2017 it is appropriate to reflect on the history of the revered ensign in its various forms with ...

Occasional Paper 5: Ken Brown: Service in HMAS Nestor

A.N. Other · Feb 1, 2017 ·

February 2017 By Warrant Officer Martin Grogan Mr Ken BROWN (aged 95) a retired RAN Lieutenant Commander and World War Two veteran was recently awarded the British Arctic Star.  This ...

First to Command!

A.N. Other · Dec 28, 2016 ·

Commander Norman Hamon Shaw OBE, RAN The first graduate of the RANC to command a warship By Commander Tony Vine, RANR Norman Shaw was born in Perth Western Australia on ...

The HMAS Melbourne-Voyager Collision: A Tragedy that Damaged and Reformed

A.N. Other · Dec 28, 2016 ·

By MIDN Mollie Burns, RAN – NEOC 54 Naval Historical Society Prizewinning Essay Introduction The collision of HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager remains the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) worst peacetime disaster. Occurring ...

Occasional Paper 4: HMAS Melbourne II

A.N. Other · Dec 1, 2016 ·

December 2016 By Tom de Voil Introduction I recently had a brief article about HMAS Melbourne, the aircraft carrier, published and consequent on that I was asked to give this ...

Australian Naval History on 16 November 2016

On This Day · Nov 16, 2016 ·

After an earthquake on Nov 14 HMAS Darwin arrived at Kaikoura, New Zealand on 16 November in company with HMNZ Ships Te Kaha, Endeavour and Canterbury, USS Sampson, and HMCS Vancouver. Working parties were sent ashore ...

Occasional Paper 2: Operation Damask – HMA Ships Brisbane and Sydney

A.N. Other · Nov 1, 2016 ·

November 2016 The following story was contributed by Hugh Hyland. Hugh worked for the variously named Defence departments for over 50 years until retiring in December 2015. He held numerous ...

Australian Naval History on 7 October 2016

On This Day · Oct 7, 2016 ·

End of Operation Render Safe 2016 during which HMA Ships Diamantina and Huon spent two weeks finding and destroying unexploded WWII munitions in the waters around the Solomon Islands. The ...

Book Review: John Jess, Seeker of Justice

Book reviewer · Sep 27, 2016 ·

By Elizabeth McCarthy. Sid Harta Publishers, Melbourne, 2015. Paperback 320 pages. RRP $29.95 but discounts available. This book, published in August 2015, was written by a daughter of John Jess ...

The Battles for Leyte Gulf: where Australian ships fought in one of the greatest battles in naval history

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2016 ·

By David Scott  David Horace Ford Scott grew up on a soldier-settler block near Holbrook, NSW but his parents were forced to walk off the property during the Depression and ...

HMAS Moreton and Brisbane Naval Depots

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2016 ·

By George Franki The name Moreton is synonymous with naval history in southeast Queensland but to date little mention of it appears in our historical records. We trust this small ...

Australian Naval History on 12 September 2016

On This Day · Sep 12, 2016 ·

The last of Navy’s 24 MH60 Romeos was accepted at Nowra’s Aviation Technology Park ...

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