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Australian Naval History on 26 October 2019

David Stratton · Oct 26, 2019 ·

HMAS Melbourne III decommissioned at Fleet Base East. Since commissioning in 1992, Melbourne had steamed more than 900,000 nautical miles, deployed on operations to the Middle East eight times and ...

HMAS Kiama 1944 – 1946, HMNZS Kiama 1952 – 1976

Haken, J.K., Dr · Sep 29, 2019 ·

By Dr J. K. Haken The development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was restricted by financial constraints, exaggerated by the onset of the Great Depression and Recovery Years. The ...

Radar in the South and Southwest Pacific as at Savo Island in August 1942

A.N. Other · Sep 29, 2019 ·

By R. W. Madsen This paper was prepared largely from notes made many years ago when I was at university and living with my grandparents. My grandfather, Sir John Madsen, ...

Australian Naval History on 26 September 2019

On This Day · Sep 26, 2019 ·

The lead elements of a RAN task group left Sydney to participate in bilateral and multinational activities in North and South-East Asia over four months. Vessels involved included HMA Ships ...

Before her time – the tale of Navy’s first female sailor

David Stratton · Sep 25, 2019 ·

Twenty-one years before the first Women’s Royal Australian Navy members (WRANs) entered service due to a shortage of telegraphists during the Second World War, a young Tasmanian girl was enlisted ...

Occasional Paper 62: The Navy in South Australia from Colonial Days to the Present

A.N. Other · Sep 16, 2019 ·

September 2019 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM, Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia It’s reputed that the first sighting of the southern coast of our Great South ...

Occasional Paper 63: Malta Revisited: Wartime Memories of HMAS Vendetta’s Malta Sojourn in World War II

A.N. Other · Sep 16, 2019 ·

September 2019 We are indebted to ex Supply Assistant Gordon Hill for this wonderfully illuminating description of his wartime service in the destroyer HMAS Vendetta when based at Malta.  His ...

Australian Naval History on 30 August 2019

David Stratton · Sep 8, 2019 ·

The future HMAS Stalwart III, was launched by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia at its Ferrol shipyard ...

Australian Naval History on 3 September 1981

David Stratton · Sep 8, 2019 ·

HMAS Swan becomes the first RAN ship to visit China in 32 years, docking at Shangahi. ...

Letter: The Moresby Disc at Somerset

Letter Writer · Sep 2, 2019 ·

As this edition of the Review contains an in-depth article on Cape York and Somerset it is opportune to include this discussion point. An example of one of the many ...

Occasional Paper 60: Naval Gigs: Past and Present

Editorial Staff · Aug 22, 2019 ·

August 2019 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM, Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia Subsequent to the recent recovery of an HMAS Australia (1) Gig from bushland at ...

Occasional Paper 61: From a Periscope to a Cricket Pitch in a Matter of Days: The Surreal Nature of War

A.N. Other · Aug 3, 2019 ·

August 2019 By Florence Livery My father, Panos (known as Pino) George Livery died in 1996.  Fortunately for us, he left behind a very rich source of history, his World ...

Australian Naval History on 11 May 2019

David Stratton · Aug 3, 2019 ·

Keel laid for HMAS Arafura , Offshore Patrol Vessel ...

Australian Naval History on 30 June 2019

David Stratton · Aug 3, 2019 ·

HMAS Newcastle decommissioned. ...

Australian Naval History on 29 June 2019

David Stratton · Aug 3, 2019 ·

HMAS Success II decommissioned. ...

Occasional Paper 56: Recollections of founding the Naval Historical Society

Churchill, Peter, Lieutenant Commander, RN (Rtd) · Jun 17, 2019 ·

June 2019 In 1970 Lew Lind, Rod Atwill, Alan Payne and myself found ourselves with the responsibility of putting together an association which we were to call the Naval Historical ...

Occasional Paper 55: Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14

Editorial Staff · Jun 17, 2019 ·

June 2019 The following story is of an Australian Able Seaman whom some military historians believe should have been awarded the Victoria Cross for his courage and compassion while under ...

Prime Minister William Morris Hughes and his impact on Australian naval and maritime affairs: All at Sea with Billy

Editorial Staff · Jun 6, 2019 ·

To the returning servicemen Hughes was ‘the Little Digger’ a symbol of Australian self-confidence.      Geoffrey Button Formative years William Hughes, the father of William Morris Hughes, came from ...

HMAS Reserve in the Liberation of the Philippines and the Not-so-Little Tug that Could

A.N. Other · Jun 6, 2019 ·

By Paul Baker On Christmas Day 1944, just as the 34 members of the crew of HMAS Reserve celebrated the occasion aboard their ship in San Pedro Bay in the Philippines, ...

Occasional Paper 52: The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

A.N. Other · May 17, 2019 ·

May 2019 Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Issue 6 of Semaphore, the publication produced by The Sea Power Centre Australia in March 2006. We are indebted to them ...

Occasional Paper 51: The Attack Class Patrol Boat

A.N. Other · Apr 12, 2019 ·

April 2019 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia Patrol boats have proven to be the most flexible and versatile elements of ...

The Royal Australian Naval College’s debt to Admiral Creswell

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

The following article is based on an address by Robert Hyslop to the Canberra and District Historical Society which appeared in that Society’s journal of September 1986, and still relevant ...

The Admiralty Islands

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

By David Mattiske Recent announcements that the United States will partner Papua New Guinea and Australia on an initiative to further develop a naval base on Manus Island has aroused ...

They Also Served – LCDR Frank Derek Simon RD RANR (S)

Editorial Staff · Mar 26, 2019 ·

Sixteen-year-old New Zealander, Frank Derek Simon, came to Australia in 1936 to take up an apprenticeship with a local shipping company. He stayed with his aunt and uncle in Sydney ...

Occasional Paper 48: HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’

A.N. Other · Mar 9, 2019 ·

March 2019 The following paper on the distinguished service of HMAS Anzac (II) was first published in the March 2011 edition of the Naval Historical Review available on the Society ...

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