The Society periodically publishes Occasional Papers which are distributed with the two monthly newsletter ‘Call the Hands’. The first 130 editions listed below were published in PDF format and available for download. Subsequent papers have been published as posts here.
Historical Booklets are available for sale through the Society’s shop. However, when an author prefers the booklet be made available free of charge it is published on this page.
Historical Booklet (Monograph) 199: Australian Submarines in the Cold War — A force Multiplier in the West
Occasional Papers
Admiral Patey Our First Fleet Commander
The RAN Torpedo Factory, Neutral Bay
HMAS Tarakan Fire: January 1951
The Lost Patrol a story by Eric Deshon
RAN Encounters with Papua New Guinea’s Big Rivers
Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie (Mac) Jesse Gregory RAN (Ret)
Teddy Sheean and Victoria Cross Awards to Naval Personnel
Invidious Choices: The German East Asia Squadron and the RAN in the Pacific: Aug to Dec 1914
A Fascinating Piece of History: Japanese Surrender Ceremony Onboard USS Missouri
Operation Bursa: use of Naval Air Support in Protection of Australian Oil Rigs 1980-1989
Gulf War: Logistics Support for RAN Ships: Operation Damask 1990-1991
RAN Ships at Japanese Surrender Ceremonies September 1945
Royal Australian Navy in the Pacific War
Operation Musketeer – the 1956 Suez Crisis, RAN Members’ Involvement
Current Australian Ship Building Projects
Recognition for the Scrap Iron Flotilla
The Early Years (1970-1971) OF HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41)
Two Proud Ships HMAS Ships Brisbane I and II
HMAS Assault_WWII Combined Operations Directorate Establishment – Port Stephens NSW
The Navy and the 1918-19 Influence Pandemic
The Royal Australian Navy’s Commitment to the Vietnam War
World War 2 Arrived on the Australian Mainland: Thursday 19th February 1942
Ballarat or Ballaarat? Badges and Flags, Divisive or Not?
Spitfires in the Royal Australian Navy
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) – Entering Troubled Waters
The Ships Garden on Garden Island, Sydney
The Naval Garden on Garden Island, Sydney
Bristol Sycamore HR50/51 Helicopter
Tasmania and the Navy from Colonial Days until Today
The Battles for Leyte Gulf an Australian Perspective
Sailors, Soldiers and Two Wars Protector
HMCS Protector – 1900 to the Present
Malta Revisited: Wartime Memories of HMAS Vendetta’s Malta Sojourn in World War 2
The Navy in South Australia from Colonial Days to Present
From a Periscope to a Cricket Pitch in a Matter of Days: The Surreal Nature of War
The Naval Ode and Laurence Binyon
Recollections of founding the Naval Historical Society
Reuben Mitchell DSM, RAN – Survivor of HMS E14
Petty Officer Fredrick Harold Harvey and Colombian Naval Service
The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic
The RAN’s 118th Birthday Address and 1919 in Retrospect
Firefly Aircraft Operations 1945 -47: The Good Times and The Bad Times
HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’
HMAS Anzac (III) Naval Gunfire Support 21 March 2003, Al Faw Peninsula
Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, Distinguished Service Cross and 2 Bars, RANVR, WWII
HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004
The Fairey Gannet A/S1 in the Royal Australian Navy
The Press vs RAN Cricket Match 25 January 1933
German Fleet Surrenders in 1918
SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning
Secret History of the First Australian to be given Penicillin
Lieutenant Commander Paul Hugill Hirst Compelled to Resign
Letter by Stoker Mechanician James Ashwood of HMAS Sydney (3) 8 May 1949
Sinking of HMAS Parramatta (2) Personal Accounts
HMAS Cerberus – Early History and Observations
HMAS Voyager (I) or What’s in a Coat of Paint?
Captain Frederick M. Piggott RD, RNR
Cockatoo Island – An Historical Account
Royal Naval House, ‘Jonnies’, Some Personal Reminisces
Salvage of the German Seehunde Midget Submarine 1945
Recovery of German Bieber class Midget Submarine and Torpedo
HMAS NESTOR – The Remarkable short life of the ship that never came home
Personal Experiences – Japanese Midget Submarine Attack in Sydney Harbour
Local Australian/USA Submarine Initiative Helps Turn The Tide Of War Against Japan In 1942
LCDR Mackenzie Jesse Gregory and Savo Island
The sinking of HMAS ARMIDALE on 1st December 1942
Four Ensigns Associated with Garden Island
Loss of HMAS Vampire 9 April 1942, 75th Anniversary Memorial Address
TOBRUK – The Lifting of the Seige
Operation DAMASK – HMA Ships BRISBANE and SYDNEY
Battle for Australia Commemoration Address by CO HMAS Kuttabul