New light on 1963 US sub sinking
The US Navy began releasing documents from the investigation into the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history on Wednesday, but the Navy said the...
Brendan Nelson talks about Teddy Sheean VC
Angus Hordern speaks with Dr Brendan Nelson about Australia’s 101st Victoria Cross recipient, Teddy Sheean VC, in the Life on the Line podcast series.
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A warhorse sails into the sunset
By Sarosh Bana*
A dirge sounded on 19 September through both the Indian and Royal navies as Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier when it...
Scuttled: web presentation on HMAS Australia I
On a beautiful sunny day in October 1913 the flagship of our new navy, HMAS Australia, a dreadnought battlecruiser and the most powerful warship...
Darwin propeller find rewrites history
Destroyer doomed from the start – the rewritten story of USS Peary’s final combat action in Darwin 1942. Discovery of propellers from the ship explains...
Lessons from the Cod Wars
By Walker D. Mills*
Atlantic Cod vary in color from grey to greenish-brown and can grow to be as large as five feet long (though...
Canada’s secret Cold War submarine drone
Extra-large autonomous submarines may revolutionize intelligence gathering and espionage under the sea. One of these ground breaking projects is the U.S. Navy’s Boeing Orca...
Likely USS Peary props found in Darwin Harbour
The discovery by a local diver of two large ship propellers on the sea floor of Darwin Harbour has offered a completely new interpretation...
RAN’s role in the Suez Crisis
This paper was written for the Naval Historical Society of Australia by Society volunteer, Commander Martin Linsley RAN Rtd. Its genesis was a list...
Long history of various maritime security threats
By James Goldrick*
As a former naval officer and current student of maritime affairs, I have long been infuriated by the blanket use of the...