2022 Goldrick Conference – A ‘Corbett 100’ Event
2022 is the centenary of the death of the British maritime strategist Sir Julian Corbett. He was a major influence on global naval thinking....
Kit Muster Vol 2
Kit Muster Vol. 2; Uniforms, Badges and Categories of the Australian Navy 1954-1986. By John Perryman. Privately Published 2021, available at navyuniforms.com.au
Reveiwed by Tim...
Manus and Lombrum base: five options
Manus Island and the Lombrum Naval Base: Five Options for Australia’s Geostrategic Gateway. Sea Power Soundings series.
By Adam Lockyer, Justin Burke, Yves-Heng Lim and...
UK PM Johnson’s statement on AUKUS
PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON: I’m delighted to join President Biden and Prime Minister Morrison to announce that the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States...
The Spanish Civil War at Sea
The Spanish Civil War at Sea: Dark and Dangerous Waters, By Michael Alpert. Pen and Sword, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2021.
Reviewed by John Johnston
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Saltwater Leadership: A Primer on Leadership for the Sea Services.
Saltwater Leadership: A Primer on Leadership for the Sea Services. By Rear Admiral Robert Wray, Commander Andrew Ledford, Vice Admiral John Mustin & Rear Admiral...
US divers preparing for future wars
A port of vital interest to the U.S. military is bombed and destroyed in a future great-power battle, with sunken ships and piers in...
The 1967 Walker–Besslednyi Collision
The 1967 Walker–Besslednyi Collision: When History Got It Wrong
By Bill Streifer and Irek Sabitov
On May 10, 1967, during the heart of the Cold War,...
Australia’s Colonial Navies
Australia’s Colonial Navies. By Ross Gillett. Naval Historical Society of Australia, Sydney, 2021.
Reviewed by Greg Swinden
Ross Gillett first wrote this book in 1982, well before the...
Battleship Duke of York
Battleship Duke of York. An Anatomy from Building to Breaking. By Ian Buxton & Ian Johnston. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5267-7729-4
Reviewed by David Hobbs
This carefully...