Divers find big US WWI wreck
The German submarine captain saw his target’s silhouette against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the command to fire...
ANI Podcast S05 E04: The Big Fix
The Big Fix: Rebuilding Australia’s National Security
By Dr Albert Palazzo, Winner – 2025 Sam Bateman Book Prize
Synopsis: Inaugurated in 2021, The Australian Naval Institute’s...
Victory class steel-cutting ceremony
On 29 April the Steel Cutting Ceremony was held for the Republic of Singapore Navy’s third (Vigilance) and fourth (Valiant) Victory class Multi-Role Combat...
Pakistan Navy commissions first Hangor-class submarine
On 30 April the commissioning ceremony for the first of the 2,800 tonne Type 039B Hangor class conventional submarines, PNS/M Hangor was held at...
85th year WRANS commemoration
28 April 2026 marked 85 years since the formation of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). The WRANS was established in April 1941...
From the ANI Archives: HMAS Adelaide & Rames
The RAN’s oldest World War II cruiser, HMAS Adelaide was instrumental in installing a Free French governor in New Caledonia and then went on...
Dry berths and ship lift in Darwin: time to commit
By Nick Tate*
Defence routinely treats its own infrastructure as if it has no cost. That makes it harder to commit to better options when...
Maritime security a constant concern
By Sean Andrews*
A retired senior naval wag once quipped that Australia behaves as if it is “girt by beach”, not sea – a neat...
AUKUS cracks are showing: UK inquiry
“Cracks are already beginning to show” in the UK’s funding for the AUKUS agreement, according to a British House of Commons Defence Committee inquiry....
ADM Ernest J King and the Rise of American Sea Power
King’s Navy: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King and the Rise of American Sea Power, 1897-1947. By David Kohnen. Schiffer Military History, Atglen, 2024
Reviewed by...