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Night of the midget subs — Sydney under attack

Webmaster · Nov 7, 2021 ·

ABC Podcast   In May 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy sent three midget submarines armed with torpedoes into Sydney Harbour. The plan was to launch an attack on Australian and ...

D-Day commando on Sword Beach by Commander Jim Speed DSC, RAN – Part 1

Webmaster · Jul 12, 2021 ·

Commander Jim Speed was a Commando on Sword Beach on D-Day 1944. In these podcasts Commander Speed describes his experiences on D-Day. The recordings were made on 25 August 2014 ...

D-Day commando on Sword Beach by Commander Jim Speed DSC, RAN – Part 2

Webmaster · Jul 12, 2021 ·

Commander Jim Speed was a Commando on Sword Beach on D-Day 1944. In these podcasts Commander Speed describes his experiences on D-Day. The recordings were made on 25 August 2014 ...

D-Day commando on Sword Beach by Commander Jim Speed DSC, RAN – Part 3

Webmaster · Jul 12, 2021 ·

Commander Jim Speed was a Commando on Sword Beach on D-Day 1944. In these podcasts Commander Speed describes his experiences on D-Day. The recordings were made on 25 August 2014 ...

HMAS Diamantina

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

Lieutenant Commander Maurice G. Rose was the first captain of HMAS Diamantina. The ship was named after the Diamantina River in Queensland,  and was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy. Diamantina was laid down on 12 ...

Gallipoli and Seapower

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

The British War Council and many of its advisors were willing to believe that sea power could open the way to Constantinople. It led to the grave underestimation by all ...

A Midshipman’s Journal

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts describing some of his early days as seen from a midshipman’s journal. He was called upon at short notice to give an address to the NHSA ...

HMAS Wagga, not Wagga Wagga

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts was commanding officer of HMAS Wagga from September 1953 to December 1954, He describes incidents in Wagga’s later career in peace time. HMAS Wagga was one of sixty ...

HMAS Quiberon: a partial history

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

Lieutenant Commander WOC Roberts talks about his time in HMAS Quiberon. HMAS Quiberon was one of eight Q Class destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and commissioned in to the Royal Australian ...

“As Significant as Trafalgar”: The Battle of the Tsushima Straits. Part 2

David Michael · Jul 11, 2021 ·

Part 2 of Michael Melliar Phelps account of the Battle of Tshushima, and tells the story of the epic voyage of Imperial Russia’s 2nd Pacific Fleet, as it travelled 18,000 ...

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This podcast series examines Australia’s Naval history, featuring a variety of naval history experts from the Naval Studies Group and elsewhere.
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