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Ship design and development

The Northern Sea Route: Russian Perspectives

Alexandra Murtazaeva · Mar 26, 2019 ·

The following article is by Alexandra Murtazaeva, a Russian student completing part of her international studies in Sydney. She has drawn upon recent Russian language news stories on this important ...

Austal Shipbuilders

A.N. Other · Mar 26, 2019 ·

Austal is an Australian shipbuilder involved in the design, construction and support of commercial and defence vessels. From corporate headquarters at Henderson in Western Australia it manages an impressive worldwide ...

Recollection of an Admiral’s Barge

A.N. Other · Dec 13, 2018 ·

By William (Bill) Burrell On 18 October 2018 Mr Bill Burrell, aged 84, contacted the Sea Power Centre Australia (SPC-A) to confirm that the vessel he had recently seen on ...

Occasional Paper 22: HMAS Advance faces 50

A.N. Other · Oct 29, 2018 ·

An Article from ‘All Hands’ December 2017 edition The Australian National Maritime Museum Volunteers’ Quarterly Newsletter By Wal Robson The museum’s popular patrol boat has a significant birthday coming up ...

Book Review: Australian Minesweepers at War by Mike Turner & Hector Donohue

Book reviewer · Sep 24, 2018 ·

Published by the Sea Power Centre, Canberra, 2018. Paperback of 328 pages with numerous black & white illustrations, portraits, tables and maps. The first edition of this publication was sold ...

The RAAF at Sea before World War II

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

The following article first appeared in the Air Power Development Centre Bulletin Pathfinder, Issue 175 dated April 2012 and is reproduced with their kind permission. The perspective of our sister ...

Royal Navy Colours of World War Two – The Patterns 507, G10 and G45

David Stratton · Jul 30, 2018 ·

  Collaborative works by: Michael Brown, Sean Carroll, James Duff, Lindsay Johnson   Introduction   In the final months of and in the years after World War Two, many resources, ...

Letter: The Kangaroo Symbol on HMA Ships

Letter Writer · Mar 24, 2018 ·

The picture of the commissioning of HMAS Hobart on the front cover of the December 2017 edition of the Naval Historical Review – particularly that of the red kangaroo symbol affixed ...

The World’s Fastest Ship

Editorial Staff · Dec 6, 2017 ·

The RAN’s experience with catamaran hulls has been limited and has produced mixed results. The first experiment with catamaran hulled fibreglass minehunters, built by Carrington’s at Newcastle between 1986 and ...

Our Spanish Cousins: Politics and shipbuilding capabilities  

Editorial Staff · Dec 5, 2017 ·

Political Intrigues For centuries there was natural rivalry between Britain and Spain in the fields of colonial expansion, maritime trade and commerce. Relationships, at least from the time of the ...

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