The ANI at 50: A path to survival in sedentary naval life
Below is the eighth article drawn from ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’. It is “A Path to Survival in Sedentary Naval Life” by the then Lieutenant...
History of HMAS Melbourne on the way
The long and distinguished history of the Royal Australian Navy’s aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne is about to be published. This 202-page book from the...
ANI at 50: A 1976 Vision of the RAN
Below is the seventh article drawn from ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’. Well before the RAN’s Seapower Conferences at Darling Harbour, the Navy held a largely...
Honouring the legacy of HMAS Perth
The HMAS Perth I Memorial was dedicated on 1 March 2025 by His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson AC APM, Governor of Western Australia.
It...
Naval capacity and the Lepanto Trap
By Nicholas Mazzucchi*
Navies of free and open nations have focused too much on the high-end tactical capabilities for Day One of a conflict, and...
The ANI at 50: Master Ned
The sixth article drawn from ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’ comes from the November 1976 edition of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute. It is...
The Abyssinia Crisis – a Lesson for today
By John Perryman
The rise to power in Italy of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini saw the resumption of a foreign policy aimed at expanding...
ANI at 50: Battle of Trafalgar
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
The fifth in the series of ‘Davy Jones’s Locker’ articles is from the August 1976 edition of the Journal of...
ANI at 50: Australia’s maritime trade
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
The fourth in the series of ‘Davy Jones’s Locker’ articles is from the fourth edition of the Journal of the...
ANI at 50: Ship Handling Corner
From the Davy Jones’s Locker
In the second of the series of reaching into Davy Jones’s Locker and the early editions of the Journal of...