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Rommel’s Riposte

A.N. Other · Mar 1, 2022 ·

By Andreas Biermann1  We were recently contacted by the author regarding an article published in a previous edition of the Naval Historical Review in which we incorrectly attributed the date ...

Occasional Paper 74: World War 2 Arrived on the Australian Mainland

A.N. Other · Mar 30, 2020 ·

March 2020 By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM – Volunteer Researcher Dennis Weatherall attended the recent 78th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin, also known as the “Battle ...

Israeli Naval Submarine Dakar

Editorial Staff · Mar 27, 2020 ·

Earlier this year (2019) while filling in time during heavy morning traffic in Haifa and passing the Naval Museum a tour guide related a story about the conning tower from ...

Last Voyage of the Ayesha

A.N. Other · Mar 27, 2020 ·

By A. C. B. Mercer Stranded on Direction Island, in the Cocos Keeling Group, 50 German sailors and their commander from the cruiser Emden, which had been engaged by HMAS ...

Escape from Singapore – the Last Boat Leaves

Editorial Staff · Sep 2, 2019 ·

The June 2019 edition of this magazine contained an article The Naval Evacuation of Singapore – February 1942 which lists MV Kembong amongst forty-five vessels that escaped. Her captain is ...

The Naval Evacuation of Singapore – February 1942

A.N. Other · Jun 6, 2019 ·

Singapore – a bastion of the British Empire, an impregnable fortress, fortified to withstand attack and prevent siege. With that in mind, thoughts of evacuation were therefore unnecessary. What the ...

The Sydney Cove and her impact on early colonial exploration

Editorial Staff · Mar 24, 2018 ·

In an article covering Part 1 of the Australian-Indian Relationship (NHR September 2017) mention is made of the ship Sydney Cove. While she was wrecked on her maiden voyage she ...

Occasional Paper 6: Royal Australian Navy Ships Honour Roll

A.N. Other · Mar 1, 2017 ·

March 2017 Given the 75th anniversary commemoration events taking place around Australia and overseas in 2017 to honour ships lost in the RAN’s darkest year, 1942 it is timely to ...

Bill Boas and the Waree

Editorial Staff · Jun 22, 2016 ·

Cyril Maurice (Bill) Boas was born on 10 December 1899 at Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, in southern India. He was the first of four children born to Captain John and ...

HMAS Bundaberg 2007–2014

A.N. Other · Jun 23, 2015 ·

By John Jeremy Thankfully it is a rare occurrence for the loss of a naval ship in peacetime but in this edition of the Review we report on the loss of ...

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