Russian Navy Cruisers Positioned to Counter U.S., French and Italian Carrier Groups in the Mediterranean Slava-class guided-missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov departs Severomorsk. Russian MoD Photo Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have […]
NOC Member Tom Lewis was the advisory historian for the project which simulated a virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago today, […]
Commodore Jim Dickson RAN Ret’d has spent some of his COVID lockdown time considering certain aspects of the ADF’s employment as we move into the uncertain territory of future warfare, […]
When the War broke out I was on exchange with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean as a very lowly Midshipman. We immediately sailed for our war station in Simonstown […]
ANNUAL COMMEMORATION AND LUNCH SYDNEY, 7 MAY 2016 Address by Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO CSC RAN at the Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney We think of the face of […]
By LCDR Desmond Woods, RANR Karl von Clausewitz famously wrote that war is the realm of uncertainly. The lived experience of war at sea bears this out. Ships like […]
Hobart in Vietnam: Follow-up letters by Ian Callaway and David Holthouse Part 2 of 2. Read Part 1 here Ian Callaway (left) is at the Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) plotting […]
HMAS Hobart in Vietnam by Harry Daish Part 1 of 2 This tale started as a story for grandchildren eager to learn details of their grandfather’s service in a destroyer […]
Australian Clearance Diving Team Three in Khwar AzZubayr, Iraq by Troy Miles and Paul Papalia You can be forgiven for thinking we dropped off the radar screen after our formal […]
The P-40 Curtiss Kittyhawk The P-40 Kittyhawk – goes well, downhill. The aircraft type flown by Nicky Barr in RAAF 3 Squadron had a long and colourful history that commenced […]
