- Author
- Lewis, Tom, AOM, Lieutenant RAN
- Subjects
- History - pre-Federation
- Tags
- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- September 2003 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
The bequeathing of traditions, customs, and ship battle honours from the RN to its daughter-service of the RAN means that the Royal Australian Navy has inherited the term ‘Senior Service’ as well. Indeed, the term is still in popular use, and the Australian Defence Force saw recently: ‘Defence Minister Robert Hill will congratulate the incoming Chief of Navy and says he looks forward to working closely with the new Head of the ADF’s senior service’. ((Department of the Minister for Defence. Media Release. (Min 324/02). ‘Royal Australian Navy Changes Command’. Tuesday 2 July 2002.))
References:
Department of the Minister for Defence, Media Release. (Min 324/02). “Royal Australian Navy Changes Command’. Tuesday 2 July 2002.
Hill, J.R. (ed.) The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Lambert, Nicholas A. Australia’s Naval Inheritance. Canberra; Department of Defence (Navy), 1998.
Lockyer, Roger. Tudor and Stuart Britain. London: Longman 1971.
Stevens, Dr. David. Director, RAN Naval Historical Directorate. ‘The Commonwealth Naval Forces and the creation of an Australian Navy’. Draft of article, in the possession of the author.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. http://www. britannia.com/history/docs/1036-42.html
Wikipedia. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy
Watson, David. Battlefield Detectives. Granada 2003