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Obituary: John Jeremy

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John Jeremy, who was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cockatoo Dockyard for 10 years passed away on Good Friday,18 April after a...

Passing of China’s first nuclear submarine designer

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Huang Xuhua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, recipient of the Medal of the Republic, and chief designer of China's first-generation nuclear...

Jimmy Carter – naval submariner

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U.S. president, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and submariner James Earl Carter, Jr., died in his home on Sunday in Plains, Ga. He was 100....

Last of Maori regiment dies

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The Maori Battalion of the 2nd New Zealand Division won more individual bravery decorations, including a Victoria Cross, than any other New Zealand battalion...

Obituary: Captain Bill Owen

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Captain Bill Owen, who has died aged 96, was a key figure in the establishment of the Royal Australian Navy’s modern submarine arm. In 1967,...

Obituary: Kit Morgan

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Eulogy for Kit Morgan (29 June 1951 - 11 October 2024) by Rear Admiral Simon Cullen By ANI President Pete Leavy It is with deep sadness...

Obituary: Captain Bill Owen

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It is with great sadness that the SIA reports the death of Captain Bill Owen, a man who was a key figure in the...

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...

Richard Woodman brave sailor and author

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In the early 1980s, a journalist visiting the Trinity House ship Winston Churchill asked its master, Commander Woodman, about any alarming foulweather experiences. “Oh,...

Biography of Admiral Sir Victor Smith launched

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On 30 August the biography of Admiral Sir Victor Smith, universally recognised as the ‘Father of Fleet Arm’, was launched at the Australian Fleet...