New theory on Melbourne-Voyager collision
A veteran of HMAS Melbourne share his theory surrounding the tragic Melbourne-Voyager collision 57 years ago.
It was the nation's largest peacetime tragedy, which killed...
How my father earned the Arctic Star
By Hamish McDonald*
It began when my brother Andrew noticed the British Ministry of Defence had belatedly recognised in 2012 that the wartime arctic convoys...
WWII vessel found at 6444m deep
Two former Navy officers have found wreckage of a U.S. ship that sank in the Philippine Sea 76 years ago in what's being hailed...
Remembering bombing of Darwin
By Michael Gunner*
If sometimes it seems that governments rush to appoint inquiries or royal commissions, then I want to assure you: this is no...
Agent Orange link to dementia risk, RAN vets affected
A new study of more than 300,000 Vietnam-era U.S. veterans has found that those who were exposed to Agent Orange are nearly twice as...
Iron Men and Tin Fish. Zoom Presentation
Iron Men and Tin Fish. A look at submarine operations out of Fremantle 1942-45.
Friday 22 January 1100 2021.
Overview. In the period 1942 to 1945...
Qld Maritime Museum’s trial re-opening
After being seriously hit by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the heritage-listed Queensland Maritime Museum will reopen to visitors this weekend in a trial...
Podcast: Dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race rescue
One of the finest Australian Naval History podcast episodes yet produced is released on 21 December. It describes the dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race...
Watch Teddy Sheean’s investiture
Here is the link to the ABC's coverage of Teddy Sheean's Victoria Cross investiture. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/victoria-cross-investiture-of-teddy-sheean
Four more Pearl Harbour dead identified
Officially, the U.S. death toll in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor is 2,403. But the books have yet to be closed...