Historic HMS Victory to be spruced up
A £35 million conservation project to renovate HMS Victory which will include replacing rotting planks has been announced on the 100th anniversary of the...
American universities declare war on military history
By Sir Max Hastings*
This article was published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 1, in June 2021. It was originally published by Bloomberg and has...
N-test veterans denied medals
Britain's Cold War nuclear test veterans have been denied medals for their role in nuclear weapon tests. About 22,000 servicemen took part in the UK's...
Teddy Sheean memorial unveiled
A new memorial plaque honouring Ordinary Seaman Edward “Teddy” Sheean VC was unveiled in Shropshire Park in the Tasmanian town of Ulverstone 79 years...
Red kangaroo finds place in AWM
EIGHTY years to the day since HMAS Parramatta (II) was lost, the red kangaroo funnel insignia from successor ship Parramatta (IV) was donated to the...
Award of the 2021 Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize
The Australian Naval Institute has awarded the inaugural Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize. The 2021 recipient of the Prize is Teddy Sheean VC – A...
WWII Broome bombing recalled
During World War Two, a surprise air raid on the remote Australian town of Broome killed scores of people.
But even in Australia it is...
Video of HMAS Sydney’s Thomas Welsby Clark service
https://youtu.be/WLSMOKvpgNM
Sydney: sailor identified but mystery remains
By Brendan Nicholson*
DNA evidence has finally confirmed that a Royal Australian Navy sailor whose body was found in a life raft near Christmas Island...
The dying moments of HMAS Sydney
By Tom Lewis*
This article first appeared in Quadrant and is republished here with the kind permission of the author, naval historian Dr Tom Lewis,...