Looting of WWII warships foiled by Malaysian Navy
The Malaysian Insider
The Royal Malaysian Navy's Naval Region Command 1 (Mawilla 1) foiled an attempt by a group of Vietnamese fishermen to loot British...
The true HMAS Goorangai story – minesweeping, collision and salvage
By Petty Officer Marine Technician Andrew Campbell
IN 1940 there was naval action between Australia and Germany in Australian waters. This resulted in the loss...
Northern Coasts exercise strengthens crisis management of Finnish Navy
THE two week long Northern Coast 2014 is Finland’s main exercise this year. The main aim of the event is to improve the multinational interoperability between participating troops. A slideshow of photos by Michael Nitz of Naval Press Service is below. Malaysian naval vessel sinks at dock
A ROYAL Malaysian Navy hydrographic vessel partially sank while docked at a naval shipyard where it was scheduled to undergo maintenance and repairs.
Local media...
F-35 strike fighters for the Canberra-class?
By David Baddams*
AIR power experts and aficionados cocked a collective eyebrow last autumn when Defence Minister David Johnston announced that F-35B strike fighters could...
World naval developments Oct 2014
Norman Friedman tells of missile advances among other things in his monthly review of naval developments. German envoy marks 1914 Cocos battle
German Ambassador tells of lessons of 1914 at commemoration of the Battle of the Cocos Islands. Recording Naval Valour and Service – the Bravo Zulu Project
By Dr Ian Pfennigwerth*
IF AUSTRALIANS in general and the RAN in particular, have a very shaky grasp upon the major events which have shaped...
Australian Defence Engineering Conference Nov 24-28
THE Australian Defence Engineering Conference (ADEC) is a groundbreaking event that brings all three ADF engineering corps under the one roof to discuss leadership,...
Emden clash shows Navy must tell its story
Mike Carlton's Vernon Parker Oration
(The sound recording is here.)
VADM GRIGGS, VADM BARRETT, RADM SAMMUT, ladies and gentlemen.
It's both an honour and a pleasure...