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History: N-sub’s escape after sea mount crash

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With their ability to stay hidden within the depths of the oceans and charge with fury when a threat is detected, nuclear submarines are...

Cyclone Tracy and the sinking of HMAS Arrow – 50 years on

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It’s 50 years this Christmas since Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin. In this extract from his new book Cyclone Warriors – the Armed Forces and...

End of Tirpitz ‘The Beast’

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By Mark Baker* Eighty years ago, 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle and far from home, the greatest battleship ever built — and the...

An upending day for the US Navy

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The men and women aboard the Navy destroyer Carney could be forgiven for thinking they were headed toward a quiet cruise on Oct. 7,...

Teddy Sheean statue to be unveiled

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On 11 November, a life-sized statue of Edward “Teddy” Sheean VC, the only naval person to have ever been awarded a Victoria Cross of...

The finding of Montevideo Maru

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The loss and finding the wreck of the Montevideo Maru (with the loss of 850 Australia service members is the subject of an Australian...

The Falklands Campaign – personal reflections

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By Jeremy Larken DSO* Introduction The canvas for this paper is the Falklands Campaign in 1982, events encompassing some 100 days. My post was Captain of...

Mines: Operation Render Safe 2024

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The Australian Defence Force-led Operation Render Safe 2024 sees up to 250 personnel from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the...

Learning from Canada’s N-sub experience

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  Back in 1987, when no one knew that the Cold War was just about to end, the Canadian Government signed up to build 10...

WWI vessel found off Scotland

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A wreck discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship sunk by a torpedo during World War One....