Navy League of Australia

Page Last Updated 26 September 2008

1. US Great White Fleet Centenary celebrations in Melbourne, the first Federal Capital City of Australia, was held from Friday 29 October when HMAS Darwin, HMAS Sirius & USS John S McCain entered Port Phillip Bay.
The Navy League of Australia, Victoria Division held a Centenary Luncheon at the Naval & Military Club in the distinguished presence of the Vice Regal Representative, State Governor Prof David de Kretser and Mrs Jan de Kretser and H.E. the US Ambassador Robert McCallum Jr and Mrs Mimi McCallum, Commodore Clint Thomas RAN (representing the Chief of Navy VADM Russ Crane RAN), Captain Shelden Williams RAN Senior Naval Officer Victoria and other distinguished guests. Members of the RAN Band providing music and vocal support for the occasion.
Australia Post provided a Pictorial cancel to celebrate the GWF Centenary at the Port Melbourne Post Office.
2. Annual Navy League Community Awards to RAN Ships and Establishments
3. NEW Navy League Australia ADDRESS and TELEPHONE.
4. HMB Endeavour miniature "Cook" Cannon.
5. Observations by Geoff Evans
6. Victoria Division publications and memorabilia Sales items revised.
7. Battle for Australia - graphic image summarising the various involvements of Australian defence and civilians.
8 Navy Windows: Commodore Dacre Smyth AO Legion of Honour (Fr), RAN Ret'd designed and installed two new Australian Navy stained glass windows in the Mission to Seafarers' Chapel of St Peter the Mariner. These were dedicated by Rt Rev Jeremy Ashton, Bishop, to celebrate the 106th Anniversary of the Australian Navy's Foundation Day.
9: Battle of Trafalgar - The late CDRE Harry Adams commented on why Australia a 'nation girt by sea' should understand the significance of this historic battle.
10: The Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805: Sacrifice by Lord Nelson and many of the sailors who fought alongside him on HMS Victory and on the other 22 RN ships. Australia received a lasting legacy for which Australia is eternally grateful.
11: Infrastructure and the Merchant Marine - a timely warning for the Federal Parliament by RADM Robertson.
12: VADM Peek RAN Ret'd (The Australian newspaper 11.4.05) commented on the Australian Government's peacetime censorship of HMAS Kanimbla's Commanding Officer, describes it as "one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian government."
13: Netherlands East Indies, 1942 and its Government in Exile in Australia. Their highly valued support, Naval, Maritime and Air, in the Battle for Australia.
14: Anniversary of Battle of Leyte Gulf and Surigao Strait 21-25 October 1944. HMAS Australia, attacked on 21 Oct., Trafalgar Day 1944, being the first Allied warship hit by a suicide aircraft. On the morning of 23rd Oct.1944, three Japanese cruisers - Atago, Taxao, and Maya from Admiral Kondo's 1942 force were sunk. Read about Leyte Gulf and The biggest Naval Battle in History) See the Oct-Dec 2004 "The Navy"
15: Sea Cadet History 1939-45 - When H.M. The King became Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps.
16: Need For An Australian Merchant Navy:
- Comments by CAPT N. Pearson Master Mariner.
17: RAN's first successful attack against the Japanese Navy 21 Jan 1942: by HMAS Deloraine.
18: SS Automedon Affair 1940. British secret War Cabinet minutes of 1940 contained a UK Defence report revealing details of the indefensibility of the Far East. The loss of this saw Churchill fail to warn his allies of the loss - the world's greatest intelligence disaster.
Subsequently Australia recalled her troops from Africa, in early 1942 as the beginning of the 'Battle for Australia'.
[Refer to book "Betrayal at Pearl Harbour" by CAPT Eric Nave OBE RAN (Codebreaker) and James Rusbridger (ex MI6), 1991.
Also the publication 'A Man of Intelligence' by Ian Pfennigwerth 2005] permitting the reader to examine Rusbridger's statements many of which were not approved of by co-author CAPT Eric Nave OBE RAN prior to publication.
The discovery of HMAS SYDNEY in March 2008 and the publication in 2007 of a book "Mrs Ferguson's Tea-Set, Japan, and The Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany's Sinking of The SS Automedon in 1940" (ISBN: 1905246285) by Seki, Eiji, the Automedon disaster provides new information on the possibility that loss of codes, reports and intelligence may have contributed to the sinking of HMAS Sydney in 1942.

Notice Board- Click below for the latest Updates. © COPYRIGHT - NAVY LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA Nov 1997 PATRON: His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia & Constitutional Commander -in-Chief of the Naval & Military Forces of the Comonwealth NAVY LEAGUE of AUSTRALIA approved "The Navy" Microfiche and Index Project at its Centenary Celebration 2000. Several years later the preparation and research resulted in an official Launch at the State Library of Victoria, in 2005, with gift sets of Microfiche accompanied by copies of the Navy League Journal of NSW 1920-1946, The Navy 1947-2004, 1920-2004 Index. Recipients were National, State and selected Libraries, Universities, RAN College, RAN Sea Power Centre, United States Navy League and UK Greenwich National Maritime Museum. AUSTRALIAN NAVY FOUNDATION DAY 2009 Sunday 1st March 2009 "*Creswell Oration" Sunday 1 Mar 2009 - Mercure Hotel, 13 Spring St., Melbourne.* is the 108th Anniversary Year of the Foundation of the Australian Navy. Creswell Oration presented TBA. 'The Navy' magazine OUT NOW Jan-Mar 2008 Issue. Obtain a copy and read the latest maritime articles of interest. One of Australia's quality maritime journals. 2008 - 107th. Anniversary Year of Foundation of the Australian Navy 1901 (later renamed Royal Australian Navy in 1911) AUSTRALIAN NAVY FOUNDATION DAY ORGANISING COMMITTEE (Vic) 2008-9 CMDR John M Wilkins RFD RANR (NLA Vic), LCDR John Redman RAN (NOC Vic), Ray Gill (NAA Vic), Rex Williams (NHS-Victoria)* 2001 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by CDRE Jim Dickson AM MBE RAN Ret'd 2002 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO RAN Ret'd 2003 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Commodore Brian G. Gibbs AM RAN Ret'd 2004 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Rear Admiral Raydon W Gates CSM RAN Maritime Commander. 2005 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie AO RAN Chief of Navy. 2006 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Vice Admiral Russell Shalders AO CSC RAN Chief of Navy. 2007 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by Commodore Ray Griggs CSC RAN, Deputy Fleet Commander representing Chief of Navy. 2008 Foundation Day "Creswell" Oration by VADM M Tripovich AM CSC RAN, Chief - Capability Development Group ADF LinkPage HMAS Sydney & VLSV Association & Sea Cadet (UK) & Master Mariners. Naval aspects of 'ANZAC' TS 'Sydney' history Naval history & general information website RAN Sloops Memorial HMAS YARRA (Amended 8Feb2006) *Lord Nelson & Trafalgar* Mariner's Compass Details	Page Last Updated 26 September 2008 1. US Great White Fleet Centenary celebrations in Melbourne, the first Federal Capital City of Australia, was held from Friday 29 October when HMAS Darwin, HMAS Sirius & USS John S McCain entered Port Phillip Bay. The Navy League of Australia, Victoria Division held a Centenary Luncheon at the Naval & Military Club in the distinguished presence of the Vice Regal Representative, State Governor Prof David de Kretser and Mrs Jan de Kretser and H.E. the US Ambassador Robert McCallum Jr and Mrs Mimi McCallum, Commodore Clint Thomas RAN (representing the Chief of Navy VADM Russ Crane RAN), Captain Shelden Williams RAN Senior Naval Officer Victoria and other distinguished guests. Members of the RAN Band providing music and vocal support for the occasion. Australia Post provided a Pictorial cancel to celebrate the GWF Centenary at the Port Melbourne Post Office. 2. Annual Navy League Community Awards to RAN Ships and Establishments 3. NEW Navy League Australia ADDRESS and TELEPHONE. 4. HMB Endeavour miniature "Cook" Cannon. 5. Observations by Geoff Evans 6. Victoria Division publications and memorabilia Sales items revised. 7. Battle for Australia - graphic image summarising the various involvements of Australian defence and civilians. 8 Navy Windows: Commodore Dacre Smyth AO Legion of Honour (Fr), RAN Ret'd designed and installed two new Australian Navy stained glass windows in the Mission to Seafarers' Chapel of St Peter the Mariner. These were dedicated by Rt Rev Jeremy Ashton, Bishop, to celebrate the 106th Anniversary of the Australian Navy's Foundation Day. 9: Battle of Trafalgar - The late CDRE Harry Adams commented on why Australia a 'nation girt by sea' should understand the significance of this historic battle. 10: The Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805: Sacrifice by Lord Nelson and many of the sailors who fought alongside him on HMS Victory and on the other 22 RN ships. Australia received a lasting legacy for which Australia is eternally grateful. 11: Infrastructure and the Merchant Marine - a timely warning for the Federal Parliament by RADM Robertson. 12: VADM Peek RAN Ret'd (The Australian newspaper 11.4.05) commented on the Australian Government's peacetime censorship of HMAS Kanimbla's Commanding Officer, describes it as "one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian government." 13: Netherlands East Indies, 1942 and its Government in Exile in Australia. Their highly valued support, Naval, Maritime and Air, in the Battle for Australia. 14: Anniversary of Battle of Leyte Gulf and Surigao Strait 21-25 October 1944. HMAS Australia, attacked on 21 Oct., Trafalgar Day 1944, being the first Allied warship hit by a suicide aircraft. On the morning of 23rd Oct.1944, three Japanese cruisers - Atago, Taxao, and Maya from Admiral Kondo's 1942 force were sunk. Read about Leyte Gulf and The biggest Naval Battle in History) See the Oct-Dec 2004 "The Navy" 15: Sea Cadet History 1939-45 - When H.M. The King became Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps. 16: Need For An Australian Merchant Navy: - Comments by CAPT N. Pearson Master Mariner. 17: RAN's first successful attack against the Japanese Navy 21 Jan 1942: by HMAS Deloraine. *18: SS Automedon* Affair 1940. British secret War Cabinet minutes of 1940 contained a UK Defence report revealing details of the indefensibility of the Far East. The loss of this saw Churchill fail to warn his allies of the loss - the world's greatest intelligence disaster*. Subsequently Australia recalled her troops from Africa, in early 1942 as the beginning of the 'Battle for Australia'. [Refer to book "Betrayal at Pearl Harbour" by CAPT Eric Nave OBE RAN (Codebreaker) and James Rusbridger (ex MI6), 1991. Also the publication 'A Man of Intelligence' by Ian Pfennigwerth 2005] permitting the reader to examine Rusbridger's statements many of which were not approved of by co-author CAPT Eric Nave OBE RAN prior to publication. The discovery of HMAS SYDNEY in March 2008 and the publication in 2007 of a book "Mrs Ferguson's Tea-Set, Japan, and The Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany's Sinking of The SS Automedon in 1940*" (ISBN: 1905246285) by Seki, Eiji, the Automedon disaster provides new information on the possibility that loss of codes, reports and intelligence may have contributed to the sinking of HMAS Sydney in 1942.