VISIT TO HMAS SHEEAN – 25 Feb 03 – GARDEN ISLAND
By Richard Francis Today I managed to score an unexpected conducted tour of one of the RAN’s latest Collins Class submarines, HMAS Sheean, alongside the dedicated submarine berth at West […]
Category: Ships
Well, well! What have we got here?
(This piece of whimsy was first published in NOCN 85, 1 June 2011, in a shorter version. This presentation contains material omitted from the Newsletter one for reasons of space, […]
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … Swan to Shanghai, 1981: Trials of the heavenly duck.
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … Swan to Shanghai, 1981: Trials of the heavenly duck. By Max Sulman (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) […]
HMAS Australia, 1911-1924: the first flagship
HMAS Australia, 1911-1924: the first flagship (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Builders: John Brown & Co, Clydebank Launched: 25 October 1911 Commissioned: 21 […]
This is the Way that it Happened– The unguided missile
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … The unguided missile by Jonathan Brett Young (This article was first published in NOCN83, 1 December 2010.) It was the last opportunity for […]
A Tale of Two Cruisers
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE A tale of two cruisers by Colin Baxter (This Message was first published in NOCN 83, 1 December 2010.) The recent discovery of the sunken wreck of […]
HMAS Whyalla’s last voiyage
HMAS Whyalla: her last long voyage By John Ellis Following the outbreak of World War II, the Government asked BHP if they could develop a shipyard for the war effort. […]
HMAS Fremantle
HMAS Fremantle: A young Lieutenant goes west by John Jobson It was late in 1952, as a fully qualified Lieutenant, that I received my appointment as third officer of HMAS […]
Carrier Evolution XII: W II European carriers
Evolution of aircraft carriers XII: The wartime European carriers Twelfth article in a series by Scot MacDonald. Reprinted with permission Naval Aviation News May 1963 pp 60-64. “Experience with regard […]
Carrier Evolution XIII: Turbulent Post-WW II years
Evolution of aircraft carriers XIII: The turbulent post-WW II years Thirteenth article in a series by Scot MacDonald. Reprinted with permission Naval Aviation News, October 1963 pp. 64-68. There has […]