Australian Naval History Podcasts
The ANI partners with the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales, the Seapower Centre Australia, the Naval Historical Society of Australia & the Submarine Institute of Australia to produce the Australian Naval History podcasts. Each episode brings together historians & veterans to examine important events in the Royal Australian Navy’s history.
The 16 episodes of Season 6 were progressively released from 30 August 2021 on Soundcloud. They are available through most podcast apps or via the links below.
Season 6
- Episode 1: First Victory: The Sydney-Emden Battle (Release 30 Aug 21)
Professor Rob McLaughlin & his expert panel of Rear Admiral Henning Bess, Mike Carlton & Wes Olson discuss the World War I sea battle between the Australian cruiser Sydney & the German cruiser Emden.
- Episode 2: RAN Submarines in the Interwar Years (Release 6 Sept 21)
Professor Peter Stanley & his expert panel of Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, Professor Michael White & Rear Admiral James Goldrick discuss the chequered history of RAN submarines in the inter-war years.
- Episode 3: RAN in East Timor INTERFET-Pt 1: Planning (Release 13 Sept 21)
Professor Rob McLaughlin & his expert panel of Vice Admiral Russ Crane, Commodore Jim Stapleton, Professor David Letts & Captain Vaughn Rixon discuss the planning phase of the naval operations in support of East Timor’s INTERFET force.
- Episode 4: RAN in East Timor INTERFET-Pt 2: Operations (Release 20 Sept 21)
Professor Rob McLaughlin & his expert panel of Vice Admiral Russ Crane, Commodore Jim Stapleton, Commodore Andy Gough, Professor David Letts & Captain Vaughn Rixon discuss the naval operations in support of East Timor’s INTERFET force.
- Episode 5: The RAN in the Gulf 1941 (Release 27 Sept 21)
Rob Garratt & his expert panel of Chief Petty Officer Peter Cannon, Rear Admiral Simon Harrington & Commander Bart Harrington discuss the two major operations undertaken by the RAN in the Persian Gulf in 1941.
- Episode 6: The RAN in the Gulf after the Iraq War (Release 4 Oct 21)
Dr Richard Dunley & his expert panel of Rear Admiral Allan du Toit, Rear Admiral Bruce Kafer & Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore discuss the Coalition & RAN operations in the Persian Gulf after the 2003 Iraq War.
- Episode 7: Helicopters over the Sinai (Release 11 Oct 21)
Commander Greg Swinden & his expert panel of Group Captain Terry Wilson, Lieutenant Commander Graeme Lunn & Lieutenant Commander Mick Galvin discuss the Australian contribution to the Multinational Force & Observers or MFO in the Sinai from 1982 to 1986.
- Episode 8: Australia’s Cold War at Sea (Release 18 Oct 21)
Petar Djokovic & his expert panel of Rear Admiral James Goldrick, Air Commodore Ian ‘Buzz’ Pearson & Commodore Kim Pitt discuss the RAN & RAAF involvement in the Cold War at sea.
- Episode 9: Attack Class Patrol Boats in Northern Australia (Release 25 Oct 21)
Dr Honae Cuffe & her expert panel of Captain Bob Dagworthy, Rear Admiral Max Hancock, Commodore Jim Stapleton & Commodore Mike Smith discuss the eventful service of the RAN’s Attack Class patrol boats in Northern Australia
- Episode 10: The Melbourne Group 99 (Release 1 Nov 21)
Miesje de Vogel & her expert panel of Commander John Ingram, Captain Jo Morrice & Stephen Nguyen discuss the 1981 rescue of 99 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea by the aircraft carrier Melbourne & the frigate Torrens. The refugees became known as the Melbourne Group 99 or MG 99 for short.
- Episode 11: The RAN & SIEVs (Release 8 Nov 21)
Miesje de Vogel & her expert panel of Commander Wes Heron, Professor Rob McLaughlin, Commodore Richard Menhenick & Professor Cameron Moore discuss, the at times harrowing story, of the Navy’s interception of the first ten Suspected Irregular Entry Vessels or SIEVs during 2001-2002.
- Episode 12: RAN Amphibious Operations in World War II (Release 15 Nov 21)
Miesje de Vogel & her expert panel of Professor Peter Dean, Petar Djokovic & Vice Admiral Peter Jones discuss the series of amphibious operations the RAN took part in during World War II.
- Episode 13: Nautical Schools & Navy training ships. (Release 22 Nov 21)
Commander Greg Swinden & his expert panel of Sarah Luke & John Perryman discuss the fascinating little known world of Australia’s Nautical Schools & Navy training ships.
- Episode 14: Replenishment at Sea in the RAN (Release 29 Nov 21)
Dr Richard Dunley with his expert panel of John Perryman, Commodore Allison Norris, Commander Tony Ladomirski & Captain Ainslie Morethorpe discuss the evolution of replenishment at sea & the RAN efforts to develop a first class replenishment capability.
- Episode 15: The RAN & Fisheries in the Southern Ocean (Release 6 Dec 21)
Vice Admiral Peter Jones & his expert panel of Professor Stuart Kaye, Commodore Roger Boyce, Commodore Les Pataky & Commander Peter Tedman discuss the dramatic fisheries protection operations in the Southern Ocean.
- Episode 16: The Royal Navy & the Australia Station (Release 13 Dec 21)
Professor Peter Stanley & his expert panel of Dr Honae Cuffe, Lieutenant Tim Döbler & Dr Richard Dunley discuss the presence of the Royal Navy on the Australian Station in the 19th & 20th Century & its contribution to the development of Australia’s Navy.
