By MIDN Li-Chun Chen RAN Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chen grew up in Melbourne where they developed a love of learning with particular interests in science and philosophy. The younger ...
Korean War
Occasional Paper 116: Navy Veterans Salute the ‘Forgotten War’
On Thursday 24th June 2021 the N.A.A. (Naval Association of Australia Queensland) highlighted the service of members of the Royal Australia Navy in the Korean War. At 4am on June ...
Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts gives an account of HMAS Murchison in the Han River during the Korean War in 1951
The Han River Estuary does not merge into the sea, but loses itself in a spiderweb of narrow channel and mud flats: no place for ships to move or manoeuvre. ...
Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN
By Hector Donohue Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN served with the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and trained as a Fleet Air Arm ...
Occasional Paper 48: HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’
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 ...
Number 1 RAN Pilots Course in Korea
By Fred Lane The story of the RAN’s first pilots course in Korea starts with a workup that began in earnest in late April 1951. The 21st Carrier Air Group ...
Korean Waters – Tribal Class Destroyers
Book Review: HMAS Murchison
Title: HMAS Murchison – Baron of the Han Author: Robert E Capes Publisher: Naval Historical Society of Australia (Inc) [Ed: The Society recently published this book] This book was written ...
Obituary: Harry Train 1918-1999
Born: Millthorpe, October 26, 1918 Died: Balmain, May 23, 1999 Harry Train gave 30 years of his life to serving his country with the RAN. After enlisting in 1936 as ...
The capturing of USS Pueblo
In recent issues (1988-89) of the United States Naval Institute journal ‘Naval History’ a fairly detailed coverage has been given to the circumstances surrounding the boarding and subsequent capturing of ...
I’m Jesus, the Canteen Manager (Part 6-Conclusion )
Farewell to Old Sydney Forever
ALTHOUGH HER DAYS WERE NUMBERED, the shock announcement on July 20th ‘The transport HMAS Sydney is to be paid off. She will be withdrawn from the Australian Fleet and will ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1953
HMAS Mildura paid off at Melbourne, having steamed 208,132 miles since first commissioning in July 1941. On 8 December 1954 the tug HMAS Sprightly departed Melbourne with Mildura in tow. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1953
HMAS TOBRUK sank a large North Korean supply sampan in the Yangoi area. HMAS QUADRANT was re-commissioned after conversion to a anti-submarine frigate. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 December 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), flew sorties in bad flying conditions to cover convoys supplying UN ground forces at Inchow, Korea. ...