From the ANI Archives: Up Top in 1948
The Journal of the Australian Naval Institute occasionally published articles from its members about their sea time experiences. The former Chief Petty Officer Kevin...
From the ANI Archives: Seapower & the War on Terror
As we observe over recent weeks US naval and air forces once more engaged in a war in the Persian Gulf, commentators try and...
From the ANI Archives: HMS Nottingham
In 2002 the British destroyer HMS Nottingham (Commander Richard Farrington) ran aground off Lord Howe Island. The ship survived thanks to the damage control...
From the ANI Archives: Mid-East
In the wake of the RAN’s notable contribution to operations in the North Arabian Gulf in the early 2000s, the then Commodore Flotillas, Commodore...
From the ANI Archive: Iraq War Part 4
The chronological trawl through the Journal of Australian Naval Institute has reached 2003 and this March is the 23rd anniversary of the commencement of...
From the ANI Archives: Iraq War Part 3
The chronological trawl through the Journal of Australian Naval Institute has reached 2003 and this March is the 23rd anniversary of the commencement of...
From the ANI Archive: Iraq War Part 2
The chronological trawl through the Journal of Australian Naval Institute has reached 2003 and this March is the 23rd anniversary of the commencement of...
From the ANI Archive: Iraq War Pt 1
The chronological trawl through the Journal of Australian Naval Institute has reached 2003 and this March is the 23rd anniversary of the commencement of...
ANI Archives: Darwin’s Floating Dock
From the ANI Archives: Darwin’s Floating Dock
In September 2025 former ANI councillor Nick Tate highlighted that the Captain Cook Graving Dock is Australia’s only...
From the ANI Archives: Australia’s first all-welded warship
From the early days of Federation, building warships in Australia was first an aspiration and then a reality. Since those years there have been...













