With the end of World War II in sight the RAN had to plan for replacement ships of its hard worked destroyer force. The remaining ‘V&W’ destroyers HMA Ships Vendetta ...
Australian Units
HMAS Anzac (I) – Flotilla Leader
Australian Naval History on 28 January 2011
808 Squadron recommissioned into the Fleet Air Arm at Nowra to fly the MRH-90 Taipan ...
Obituary: Len Meakin
The Submarine Association of Australia has informed us of the passing over the bar on 2nd November 2010 at age 83 of Len Meakin, Gunnery Instructor, Submarine Chief Coxswain, and ...
Battle Honour Board – HMAS Kanimbla
At a recent ceremony held onboard HMAS Kanimbla (CMDR Tim Byles, RAN) the ship’s recently refurbished Battle Honour Board was re-dedicated by Chaplain Col Acton, RAN. The Battle Honours Board ...
An Historic Letter
Kamikazes, Suicide Bombers and Us
HMAS Maryborough – Indian Ocean May 1942
The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic
Australian Sailors at Zeebrugge, 1918
Malta Revisited
Obituary: Captain John Frederick Bell, RAN, (Retired)
Obituary: Commander H.K. Duncan, OAM, RAN
The Dubai Princess and the Pirates
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 ...