Cyclone Tracy and the sinking of HMAS Arrow – 50 years on
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A wreck discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship sunk by a torpedo during World War One....
New missile hits old Russian ship
One of the world’s oldest active-duty naval ships has been damaged by a modern guided missile. The ship is the Russian Navy’s Kommuna, an...