On Wednesday 19th November 1941 we intended to lay mines at the approaches to Shark Bay off Carnarvon in Western Australia. It was intended to use the hours of darkness ...
Report of Engagement between HMAS Sydney and Kormoran
The Naval Defence of the Australian Colonies to Federation
The question with regard to naval defence is ‘what were the differences with the Mother Country’ and, if there were any, what impact did they have on the federation of the six colonies? ...
KÖNIGSBERG: The Thorn in the Rose Garden
The harbour of peace is the English translation of Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of the large and potentially wealthy colony of German East Africa. East Africa was the prize possession of ...
Letters: Dry Land Sailors
Dear Editor, I read with interest the recent article entitled Dry Land Sailors. In this article, Commander Swinden suggests that the Bridging Train was ‘barely known about in 1917, let ...
Obituary: Reinhold von Malapert
Minesweeping after WW2 – Loss of Warrnambool
Torres Strait – Small-ship Refuelling Stopovers
Thursday Island and nearby Horn Island in the Torres Strait were always welcome stopovers for fuel or water for so many WWII Fairmile patrol vessels as they ‘went north’ to ...
The Midshipman – A Corvette Wartime Experience
The Sinking of MV Koolama, 1942
The RAN Band Ashore And Afloat
A summary of Australian naval involvement in world conflicts
Book Review: The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1805-1810
Storm and Conquest. The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1805-1810. By Stephen Taylor. Published by Faber and Faber Review by John Smith The Battle of Trafalgar was not the finale ...
Book Review: Cochrane the Dauntless
Cochrane the Dauntless. The Life and Adventures of Thomas Cochrane. By David Cordingly. Published by Bloomsbury and available from Allen and Unwin Book Publishers This is yet another biography of ...
Book Review: Calls to the Deep
Calls to the Deep – The Story of Naval Communications Station Harold E Holt, Exmouth, Western Australia By Brian Humphreys. Available from Australian Aviation/Phantom Media, PO Box 1777, Fyshwick, ACT, ...
Book Review: Moving Bases
Moving Bases – Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and MONABS (Mobile Naval Air Bases). By Commander Davis Hobbs, MBE, RN (Rtd). Maritime Books, Lodge Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 4EL This is ...
Book Review: The War for All the Oceans
Book Review: Across the Sea to War
Across the Sea to War. By Peter Plowman. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd (2003). ISBN 1877058 06 8 Reviewed by Sandy Saunders An interesting publication which describes in great detail the ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 2008
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS GLENELG was commissioned at Port Adelaide, South Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 2008
HMAS Adelaide II decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 18 December 2007
The first two MRH-90 Taipan were accepted into service in Brisbane ...
Reminiscences about the wartime activities of HMAS Australia
Australian Naval History on 8 December 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MARYBOROUGH was commissioned ar Brisbane, Queensland. ...
Book Review: The Plimsoll Sensation
The Plimsoll Sensation: The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea. By Nicolette Jones. Published by Abacus Books 2007. ISBN 978-0-349-11720-1. Reviewed by Sandy Saunders This book chronicles, in great ...
Letters: Captain Jamie Armstrong-Rescue of airmen in Nth Atlantic
Dear Sir Re: Naval Historical Review Volume 28, No. 1 – Naval Wartime Hero by Alan Zammit. With reference to Alan’s article on Jamie Armstrong and the rescue of 9 airmen ...
