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They Also Served – LCDR Frank Derek Simon RD RANR (S)

They Also Served – LCDR Frank Derek Simon RD RANR (S)

Editorial Staff · Mar 26, 2019 ·

Sixteen-year-old New Zealander, Frank Derek Simon, came to Australia in 1936 to take up an apprenticeship with a local shipping company. He stayed with his aunt and uncle in Sydney ...

The Batti-Wallahs’ Society

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

By John McGrath  The President of the Batti-Wallahs’ Society has kindly given us permission to use the following information, with some minor additions, on the history of this unusual maritime ...

The Northern Sea Route: Russian Perspectives

Alexandra Murtazaeva · Mar 26, 2019 ·

The following article is by Alexandra Murtazaeva, a Russian student completing part of her international studies in Sydney. She has drawn upon recent Russian language news stories on this important ...

Harry’s Café de Wheels

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

By Ray Vidler The story of ‘Harry’s Café de Wheels’ goes back to the Great Depression years of the 1930s. With the world on the brink of a devastating war, ...

Austal Shipbuilders

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

Austal is an Australian shipbuilder involved in the design, construction and support of commercial and defence vessels. From corporate headquarters at Henderson in Western Australia it manages an impressive worldwide ...

Australia Day 2019

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

The following address was recently given at Russ Martin Park, Moruya, on the south coast of New South Wales, by Captain Ward Hack, AM, RAN, Rtd. While it was mainly ...

AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE FRIGATE: Hunter Class FFG

Webmaster · Mar 21, 2019 ·

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Occasional Paper 48: HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’

A.N. Other · Mar 9, 2019 ·

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 ...

Occasional Paper 47: HMAS ANZAC III

A.N. Other · Mar 9, 2019 ·

March 2019 HMAS ANZAC (FFH150) III Al Faw Peninsula Iraq – NGS MISSION By Dennis J Weatherall JP TM AFAITT(L) LSM Volunteer Researcher, Naval Historical Society of Australia It took ...

Occasional Paper 45: HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004

Editorial Staff · Feb 12, 2019 ·

The following story was first published in the June 2007 edition of the Naval Historical Review. At the time, very little news about the RANs day to day activities was ...

Occasional Paper 46: Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth DSC, RANVR

A.N. Other · Feb 12, 2019 ·

Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, Distinguished Service Cross and 2 Bars, RANVR, WWII Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Hudspeth, RANVR was one of many Royal Australian Naval personnel whose service in Royal Navy ...

Occasional Paper 44: The Fairey Gannet A/S1

A.N. Other · Feb 12, 2019 ·

By CMDR (P) R. V. Morritt, RAN Rtd The Fairey Gannet A/S 1 aircraft was introduced into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in 1955. When embarked ...

Australia Day 2019

John Jeremy, AM Vice President NHSA · Feb 6, 2019 ·

You must be a logged-in member to view this post. If you recently purchased a membership it can take up to 5 days to be activated, as our volunteers only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not a member yet or your membership just expired you can Join Now by purchasing a new membership from the shop. ...

New Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) Replacement Vessels for the Royal Australian Navy: NUSHIP Supply

Webmaster · Feb 6, 2019 ·

You must be a logged-in member to view this post. If you recently purchased a membership it can take up to 5 days to be activated, as our volunteers only work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not a member yet or your membership just expired you can Join Now by purchasing a new membership from the shop. ...

Big wave of destruction

David Stratton · Dec 24, 2018 ·

A voyage from Fremantle to Cocos Islands to farewell the Royal Yacht SS Gothic at the successful end of Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Australia ended badly when two ...

Australian Naval History on 22 December 2018

On This Day · Dec 22, 2018 ·

HMAS Gascoyne II returned to Australia after completing the longest voyage undertaken by a vessel of its class. Gascoyne, along with sister ship, HMAS Huon, had visited ports and exercised ...

Occasional Paper 43: The Press vs RAN Cricket Match 25 January 1933

A.N. Other · Dec 17, 2018 ·

Following the 1932-33 Ashes series held in Australia in which English captain Douglas Jardine employed ‘Bodyline’ tactics to combat the batting skills of Don Bradman a much lighter match was ...

Occasional Paper 42: The day the entire German fleet surrendered – 100 years ago


A.N. Other · Dec 17, 2018 ·

Armistice Day is remembered as the day World War One ended, but for naval historians Britain’s greatest victory came 10 days later.  Operation ZZ was the code name for the ...

Occasional Paper 41: SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)

Wright, Ken · Dec 14, 2018 ·

This account records an incident in the Japanese submarine campaign off Australia and the efforts of the RAAF and VAOC to protect coastal shipping. As the attractive blonde 17 year ...

The Transition to War: HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast Destroyers

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By Roger Buxton In the late northern summer and autumn of 1939 HMAS Perth and the Canadian West Coast destroyers HMC Ships Fraser, Ottawa, Restigouche and St Laurent were making the transition from ...

HMAS Albatross, HMS Albatross and SS Hellenic Prince

Haken, J.K., Dr · Dec 13, 2018 ·

The first HMAS Albatross was a locally built seaplane tender which had a short RAN career, saw wartime service as HMS Albatross, first as a seaplane tender then as a ...

Scapa Flow Revisited

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By Walter Burroughs The name Scapa Flow was synonymous with naval operations in both world wars as a safe anchorage for vast fleets seeking to control access to the seaborne ...

The First Direct Wireless Messages from the United Kingdom to Australia

Editorial Staff · Dec 13, 2018 ·

On 22 September 2018, marking the centenary of the First Wireless Message from the United Kingdom to Australia, a ceremony was held at the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, outside the ...

Recollection of an Admiral’s Barge

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By William (Bill) Burrell On 18 October 2018 Mr Bill Burrell, aged 84, contacted the Sea Power Centre Australia (SPC-A) to confirm that the vessel he had recently seen on ...

Letter: Hospital ships

Letter Writer · Dec 10, 2018 ·

Dear Editor As always, lots of interest in the September edition but one item has caught my attention. In the article about the hospital ships, on page 43 you show ...

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