On the morning of 21st October, 1805, the combined fleets of France and Spain then in sight. May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country and for ...
Ship Badges – Royal Australian Navy
Battle Honours for HMA Ships and Fleet Air Arm Squadrons
Japanese Destroyers In Battle of Sunda Strait
The Battle of Sunda Strait was won by Japanese destroyers. In no other action in the Pacific War were their destroyers given the opportunity of using the tactics they had ...
HIRMS Rynda Arrives
Commissioned for 69 Days-HMAS Boonaroo
New South Wales Naval Forces
This article appeared in The Navy and Army Illustrated dated 15th October 1897. The New South Wales Naval Brigade was the least developed of the Colonial Navies for the obvious ...
Merchant Ship Losses in Australian Waters in WW2
Forty four Allied merchant vessels were lost by enemy action in Australian waters in World War II. With a total tonnage of 196073 the ships ranged from the 12568 ton ...
White Lady of the North – HMAS Moresby
At the end of World War II most of the older small ships of the RAN, which had served valiantly in peace and war, were disposed of. At this time ...
Origins of the QUEENSLAND Navy
Old Thunder and Lightning – the Origins of the Queensland Navy IT WAS A RUSSIAN SCARE in the eighteen seventies that caused the Queensland Government of the day to form ...