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...
HMA Benalla and Shepparton make way for robots
Remotely controlled unmanned vessels with autopilot capabilities will replace two naval ships, with the decommissioning of HMA Ships Benalla and Shepparton. They make way...
UK submarine found after 81 years
A British submarine that disappeared under mysterious circumstances during World War II has been found after 81 years. The discovery puts an end to...
RN honours Australian links
In a remarkable service in London, an Australian WW2 veteran presented a Royal Navy ensign to the captain of Britain’s most powerful warship, aircraft...