The lost ships and men of the Navy
By Tom Lewis*
An oft-repeated suggestion concerning Australia’s military history is that there is only one remaining warship not yet located of those sunk in...
The WWII tunnels under Garden Island
labyrinth of World War II tunnels under Garden Island appears as ready today as it was when first excavated in a hurry more than...
Albatross celebrates 75 years
Nowra locals and dignitaries recently gathered to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the commissioning of the Navy’s only air station and largest operational base,...
N Korean action: captured US crew reunite
The crew of the Navy intelligence ship Pueblo reunited on 14 September 2023 in San Diego to commemorate 55 years since North Korea captured...
WWII wrecks polluting 89 years on
Lukeson Chekani recalls seeing an inky-black mass spreading across the ocean. It was late last year when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake had just struck his...
Rickover and the Navy’s nuclear option
4 August 2023 was the 75th anniversary of the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organisation...
Call for Coastwatchers’ Memorial in Australia
The Navy’s famous Coastwatchers of the Second World War have an imposing Coastwatchers’ Memorial Lighthouse on Kalibobo Point at Madang in Papua New Guinea....
The Dreadnought after next
The following is the 1st Place, Gold Prize-winning essay of the First Sea Lord’s Essay Competition republished by the Centre for International Maritime Security...
WWI submarine found off Shetland
A German U-boat sunk in the First World War has been discovered off the coast of Shetland, the Shetland Times reports.
The submarine UC-55 was...
A park to remember Mrs Mac
Australia’s first female electrical engineer was so brilliant, she was pen pals with Albert Einstein. After discovering the world’s greatest mind was recovering from...