The 19.5 metre diving boats SEAL and PORPOISE were taken over by the RAN at Geraldton, WA. They will join SHARK, which is already in service with Clearance Diving Team ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1993
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1993
HMAS GLADSTONE, (patrol boat), arrived on station in the southwest Pacific, for deployment to Tonga, Vanuatu, and Fiji. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1993
Last Sea King delivered to RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1993
The guided missile frigate, HMAS Sydney (IV), departed for Operation DAMASK. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay I arrived at Townsville after second mission to Mogadishu, Somalia as a part of Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring ...
Lieutenant-Commander R.W. Rankin of HMAS Yarra
On 14th August, 1992, shortly after HMAS CRESWELL’S annual Passing Out Parade, Miss Trish Rankin presented her father’s medals to Captain C.S.H. Harrington, RAN, Commanding Officer of HMAS CRESWELL. Fifty ...
HMAS Warramunga – Battle For The Philippines 1945
Australia’s Submarine History – AE1 & AE2 To Collins
Garden Island Rock Carvings – The Forgotten Men
Battle Of The Bismarck Sea – 1943
Letters: ‘Ocean Cruizer’ for State of Victoria
I have come across a bit of a curiosity from the past which may be of interest to some of the members. In March 1886, Major General Sir Andrew Clarke ...
Letters: Convict Settlement
Australian Naval History on 30 May 1993
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), sailed from Darwin en-route to the Red Sea, to take part in UN trade sanctions against Iraq, as part of the RAN’s ongoing Operation Damask. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1993
HMAS JERVIS BAY and HMAS Tobruk departed from Mogadishu with personnel and cargo at the conclusion of Operation Solace ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1993
The RAN sail training yacht FRANKLIN, built at Garden Island, Sydney, in 1957, was transferred to the Australian Army and renamed RISING SUN. ...
RAN College – History Of 1913 Entry
In July 1991, Rear Admiral H.A. Showers, CBE, RAN (Rtd) died in Sydney. With his passing the last link with the historic first entry to the Royal Australian Naval College ...
Book Review: The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901
“Smugglers and Sailors – The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901 ” Author: Dr David Day. An AGPS Press publication “Smugglers and Sailors” is a story of truly epic proportions. It ...
Factors Leading to the Development of the RAN
Coastwatching In The Pacific – Solomon Islands
The End of the Line
One visitor to the Port of Fremantle in Western Australia which went virtually unnoticed was the former Royal Australian Navy destroyer escort PARRAMATTA. Towed by the diminutive tug WOOREE, the PARRAMATTA ...
N Class – The Bird Cage
Letters: Development and Use of oxy-acetylene
I wish to congratulate you on the content of the December 1992 issue of the Naval Historical Review, I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially your follow up article on the S.S. ...
Letter: A collision off Borneo
In reference to the article in the September 1992 Naval Historical Review “A Collision off Borneo, New Year’s Day off Borneo, 1946”, as far as I can recall there was ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1993
HMAS Cessnock II escorted Queen Elizabeth II into Darwin Harbour ...
Australian Naval History on 14 March 1993
CMDR Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle, DSC and 2 Bars, RAN, died at his home in London. The award of three DSC’s, coupled with two MID, was a rare achievement. His first ...