This article originally appeared in the August, 2009 edition of SEMAPHORE, published by the Seapower Centre of Australia. On 29 May 2009 the Australian Government announced a decision to flexibly ...
Australian Units
Australian Navy and the 1909 Imperial Conference on Defence
Book Review: Sydney – Cipher and Search
Australian Naval History on 9 November 2009
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 commenced flying for the R.A.N. Hydrography Institute. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 2009
HMAS Canberra II was scuttled in 28 metres of water off Ocean Grove, Victoria to create an artificial reef and diving site. ...
The Australians at Jutland
The Long Journey Home – Unknown HMAS Sydney Sailor
The Melbourne/Voyager Collision – Untold Story
Australian Naval History on 9 June 2009
HMAS Toowoomba II departed for the Middle East region. Toowoomba’s deployment was the Navy’s 45th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990 ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 2009
Whilst transiting the ‘Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor’ in the Gulf of Aden, HMA Ships Sydney IV and Ballarat II came to the assistance of a merchant vessel, MV Dubai Princess, ...
Book Review: A Century of Carrier Aviation
A Century of Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of Ships and Shipborne Aircraft. By David Hobbs. Seaforth Publishing (2009). ISBN 978-1-84832-019-2. Reviewed by Commodore (P) John Da Costa RAN (Rtd) This large ...
Loss of HMAS Yarra – 4 March, 1942
HMAS Yarra, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Oscar’ Rankin, was sunk while defending a convoy against a vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake ...
Book Review: Beneath the Dardanelles
Beneath the Dardanelles By Vehici and Hatice Basarin Published by Allen and Unwin in paperback, rrp $24.95. Reviewed by Barry Nobes This unusual book purports to present the sinking of ...
Book Review: The Collins Class Submarine Story
AE2 – Unsung Hero of Gallipoli
Book Review: Mururoa Protest
Mururoa Protest The story of the voyages by HMNZ Ships Otago and Canterbury to protest against the French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973. By Gerry Wright. ISBN ...
A Letter from HMAS Sydney
Operation ASTUTE: The RAN In East Timor
HMAS Australia – A ship for a nation
Australian Naval History on 26 June 2008
805 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra after the Super Sea Sprite program was cancelled in March 2008 ...
