This article was first published in Semaphore, published by the Seapower Centre in 2007, and appears here with their kind permission. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Band is a ceremonial unit ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 22 February 2008
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS GLENELG was commissioned at Port Adelaide, South Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 2008
HMAS Adelaide II decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 18 December 2007
The first two MRH-90 Taipan were accepted into service in Brisbane ...
Reminiscences about the wartime activities of HMAS Australia
Australian Naval History on 8 December 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MARYBOROUGH was commissioned ar Brisbane, Queensland. ...
Letters: Captain Jamie Armstrong-Rescue of airmen in Nth Atlantic
Dear Sir Re: Naval Historical Review Volume 28, No. 1 – Naval Wartime Hero by Alan Zammit. With reference to Alan’s article on Jamie Armstrong and the rescue of 9 airmen ...
Is this the Future of Maritime Patrol?
The following article is an extract from a report in the November 2006 edition of RAAF News. The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has successfully completed a trial aimed ...
Search and Rescue: Miracle in the South, 1977
River Class Frigates in the RAN – a Brief History
Leadership: Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins
The China Fleet – Small Ships WW2
Australian Naval History on 22 September 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS LAUNCESTON was commissioned at Launceston, Tasmania. ...
HMAS Warrnambool – A Short but Active Life (1941-1947)
The Story of Ordnance Artificer Gordon Robertson
In the quiet Presbyterian Section of GoreHill Cemetery (Sydney), only 50 metres or so from the busy Pacific Highway upon which the people of the city travel to and from ...
Garden Island Boilermakers – Heroes of the Tarakan Disaster
Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...
Letters: Adelaide’s Boarding Party
Dear Editor, Although I’m sure others will have already raised this, the one thing that the article about Adelaide‘s Boarding Party in the June issue failed to mention is that ...
Letters: HMAS Quickmatch to the Rescue
Dear Editor, I refer to the article HMAS Quickmatch to the Rescue by Max Hayles. I am most grateful to him for revealing that it was Quickmatch which came to ...
Australian Naval History on 7 July 2007
The Armidale class patrol frigate HMAS CHILDERS was commissioned at Cairns, Queensland. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 2007
HMAS Toowoomba II returned to Australia after operations in the Middle East region. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS WOLLONGONG was commissioned at Sydney, New South Wales. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 June 2007
HMAS Anzac (III) departed Fleet Base West for Operation CATALYST ...
