Coral Sea and Midway battles explained
Eighty years ago two crucial sea battles were fought that turned the war against the Japanese in the Pacific: the Battle of the Coral...
The loneliest VCs
By Tom Lewis*
Of the 101 Australian military personnel who have been awarded the Victoria Cross, our highest honour for bravery, most lie in recognised...
Coral Sea and Midway on Zoom May 3
This fully illustrated presentation examines both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway and identifies how what happened in the...
80th anniversary of St Nazaire
Sailors and Royal Marines paid their respects to the ultimate commando raid in Falmouth – 80 years after the attackers sailed from the Cornish...
Remembering the Falklands
Forty years to the day hospital ship Uganda left Gibraltar for the Falklands a memorial honouring those who made it possible was unveiled.
The Naval...
The Falklands 40 years on
It is 40 years since the Falklands War began, but many who were there likely remember it as if it were yesterday, Forces Net reports.
Britain continues to...
Seafarers weather vane stolen
The weather vane was stolen overnight on 6-7 March from the roof of the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne.
Anyone who saw anything or sees the...
Shackleton’s ship found in Antarrctica
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank, the BBC reports.
The Endurance, the lost vessel...
Kitty Hawk carrier heads for scrapyard
The US Navy warship USS Kitty Hawk, the last commissioned conventional-powered aircraft carrier, embarked on its final voyage on Saturday, leaving Naval Base Kitsap...
First woman to command USS Constitution
For the first time the 224-year-old frigate USS Constitution has a woman commanding officer. On 21 January Commander Billie J. Farrell took command.
Speaking before...