The Australian Navy in Antarctica
The Australian National Maritime Museum is presenting a talk on the Australian Navy in Antarctica. On 13 November from 2pm to 3.30pm at the...
Lessons from Nelson and Trafalgar
By Tom Sharpe*
At 11.45am, on Oct 21, 220 years ago, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ordered the most famous military message ever sent to be hoisted...
New WWII shipwrecks revealed
A new expedition to Guadalcanal reveals WWII shipwrecks for the first time
By Tom Metcalfe, National Geographic
Shipwreck hunter Bob Ballard recalls the solemn sense of...
Mogami and naming schematics
Naming the upgraded Mogami-class: a nod to tradition, a symbol of friendship
Author: Matthew Bell
The acquisition of the upgraded Mogami-class frigates from Japan marks a...
The ANI at 50: the operation was more than Goodenough
Naval humour occasionally shined through the pages of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute. One such offering from the submarine community was ‘Operation...
RAN in Rwanda 1994-95
By Greg Swinden
The second United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR II) was named Operation TAMAR by the Australian Defence Force; commencing on 25...
80 years on: The toxic legacy of war
By Stacey Pizzino and Bryan G. Fry*
On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary,...
Memorial plaque to the Coastwatchers unveiled
On 10 August a memorial plaque was officially ‘unveiled’ at Newstead Terrace Park, Brisbane in honour of the heroic Coastwatchers of World War II....
1703 naval wreck uncovered
For more than 300 years, the wreck of the English naval ship, HMS Northumberland, which sank in the Great Storm of November 1703, has...
Guadalcanal historic survey
After 22 days above and below the sea, the Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal expedition (NA173) concluded its comprehensive and historic surveys of the infamous...