Podcast: Dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race rescue
One of the finest Australian Naval History podcast episodes yet produced is released on 21 December. It describes the dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race...
Watch Teddy Sheean’s investiture
Here is the link to the ABC's coverage of Teddy Sheean's Victoria Cross investiture. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/victoria-cross-investiture-of-teddy-sheean
Four more Pearl Harbour dead identified
Officially, the U.S. death toll in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor is 2,403. But the books have yet to be closed...
HMAS Sydney II commemoration to be online
Australia’s greatest naval tragedy, the sinking of the HMAS Sydney II, will be remembered with an online ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary.
Differing to...
Qld Maritime Museum to close
After months spent desperately trying to keep it afloat, the Queensland Maritime Museum is expected to close its doors permanently on New Year's Eve,...
The RAN in the Gulf
Commencing on 9 November, the Australian Naval History podcast series will release four episodes of the RAN in the Gulf on successive Mondays. Professor...
Virtual tour of the Garden Island tunnels
Zoom Presentation: Tuesday 20 th October 2020
This presentation by the Naval Historical Society will address the construction and circumstances which led to the construction...
The rise of the US Navy
On a warm August day in 1785, at the Merchants' Coffee House in Philadelphia, an 8-year-old Continental Navy 32-gun frigate named Alliance was auctioned...
The Navy and the Spanish flu
The next episode of The Australian Naval History podcast series, to be released on 19 October, will deal with the Navy and the 1918-19...
Ceremonial sword presented to HMAS Moreton
When retired Royal Australian Navy Officer, and now the Reverend Ian McGilvray, decided to present his ceremonial sword back the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Moreton willingly...