Naval capacity and the Lepanto Trap
By Nicholas Mazzucchi*
Navies of free and open nations have focused too much on the high-end tactical capabilities for Day One of a conflict, and...
The ANI at 50: Master Ned
The sixth article drawn from ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’ comes from the November 1976 edition of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute. It is...
The Abyssinia Crisis – a Lesson for today
By John Perryman
The rise to power in Italy of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini saw the resumption of a foreign policy aimed at expanding...
ANI at 50: Battle of Trafalgar
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
The fifth in the series of ‘Davy Jones’s Locker’ articles is from the August 1976 edition of the Journal of...
ANI at 50: Australia’s maritime trade
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
The fourth in the series of ‘Davy Jones’s Locker’ articles is from the fourth edition of the Journal of the...
ANI at 50: Ship Handling Corner
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
In the second of the series of reaching into Davy Jones’s Locker and the early editions of the Journal of...
ANI at 50: incorporation glitches
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
As part of the ANI’s 50th Anniversary commemorations, selected articles from the first editions of the Journal of the Australian...
D-Day veteran turns 100 in Tasmania
By Tom Lewis*
It is a long way from England for a veteran of the 1944 D-Day landings, but Tasmania is where Les Elliott made...
A nuclear submarine by any other name
The 7th and final Astute-class submarine being constructed for the RN is set to be named HMS Achilles in a change from what had...
History: N-sub’s escape after sea mount crash
With their ability to stay hidden within the depths of the oceans and charge with fury when a threat is detected, nuclear submarines are...