This short history has been assembled from Squadron records. 817 Squadron has its origins in the Royal Navy (RN) where it was commissioned as a torpedo/reconnaissance squadron at Royal Naval ...
817 Squadron: You will miss us when we are gone
The Fairey Gannet A/S1
Introduction of the A4 Skyhawk into the RAN Fleet Air Arm 1967/1968
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 ...
A History of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm, the Present and the Future
We are honoured to publish this keynote Address given to the Fleet Air Arm of South Australia Division following an RAN Fleet Air Arm Commemorative Service at the Adelaide Repatriation ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 2011
HMAS Choules commissioned into the RAN. The ship originally entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on 28 November 2006 as RFA Largs Bay (L3006) ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 2011
HMAS Kanimbla II decommissioned. ...
Submarines before Oberon Submarines before Oberon and their Significance for the Royal Australian Navy
Nuclear Submarines not an Option for Australia
Tails of Mice and Men
When the Prince of Wales, later King George V, inspected the Submarine Flotilla in March 1904 and undertook a dive in an ‘A’ boat he was first presented to the ...
Submarine Duty 1918
Newcastle Maritime Centre
Letter: Fred Dawson
One of our members, Fred Dawson of Nowra, has written pointing out a few errors in articles contained in the March 2011 edition of the Review (Vol 32 No 1). ...
From Submersibles to SWUP: The First Seventy-five years of Submarines in Australian Defence and Naval Policy
Book Review: Seamanship and Scouting for Boys
We are only reviewing one book, a history of Sea Scouting. This volume is extremely well written by an author who has spent a lifetime involved in Sea Scouting and ...
A Retrospective of the Collins Class Submarines
“FORCE H” and Naval Signalman Basil Box
Obituary: Bob Nicholls – A Tribute
Bob Nicholls – A Tribute
Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules (3.3.1901 – 5.5.2011) – The last veteran of two World Wars
Letter: Garden Island Chapel
I read with some interest the review of Norm Rivett’s History of the Garden Island Chapel. The reviewer makes mention of there being three of the RAN’s (Fleet) Colours laid ...
Letters: The Navy and a yacht race
I refer to the article The Navy and a Yacht Race in the December 2010 Review. I would like to correct your information regarding Rani’s construction. As stated she was ...
Book Review: Waterline Warships
Waterline Warships by Philip Read. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley (UK) The author is a professional model maker who has been commissioned to build a static waterline model of the Ca class ...
Book Review: Australia’s Fighting Ships
Australia’s Fighting Ships – A Century of War & Peace by Ross Gillett. Published by Topmill Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2011. Available in both a limited edition hard cover at $49.95 ...
The great Queensland floods of 1893 and HMQ Ships Gayundah and Paluma
A previous edition of this magazine reported on the recent (2011) Queensland floods and the refloating in dry dock of the ex HMAS Diamantina. The great Queensland flood of 1893 ...