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Oberon class submarine

Commander Tim Duchesne gives a brief history of submarines in the RAN

David Michael · Jun 27, 2021 ·

Commander Tim Duchesne was commanding officer of HMAS Platypus in 1975.  From that perspective, he gave a brief history of the development of the submarine arm in the RAN, and ...

Nuclear Submarines not an Option for Australia

A.N. Other · Sep 4, 2011 ·

By Hans J. Ohff After a career in engineering and commerce, Hans Ohff took an interest in economic history to earn his PhD from the University of Adelaide. He regards ...

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From Submersibles to SWUP: The First Seventy-five years of Submarines in Australian Defence and Naval Policy

Goldrick, James, Commodore, RAN · Sep 4, 2011 ·

The following article comprises the 2011 Creswell Oration address delivered by Rear Admiral James Goldrick, AM, CSC, RAN to the Navy League of Australia at Melbourne in March of this ...

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Periscope Repair – Defects by Fin, Friend, and Feather

Haynes, Fred · Sep 29, 2003 ·

WHILE I CANNOT LAY CLAIM to being a submariner, I worked in the Periscope Workshop at Garden Island Dockyard (GID) and as such was closely involved with submariners in the ...

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Australia’s Submarine History – AE1 & AE2 To Collins

Smith, Peter · Jun 12, 1993 ·

On February 28, 1914, Australia’s first submarines were commissioned at Portsmouth, England. They were AE1 and AE2, boats which for very different reasons would become an important part of Australia’s ...

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