Australian Submarines

Author : Peter Yule,Derek Woolner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107469686

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The Collins Class Submarine Story by Peter Yule,Derek Woolner Pdf

A unique and outstanding military and industrial achievement, the Collins class submarine project was also plagued with difficulties and mired in politics. Its story is one of heroes and villains, grand passions, intrigue, lies, spies and backstabbing. It is as well a story of enormous commitment and resolve to achieve what many thought impossible. The building of these submarines was Australia's largest, most expensive and most controversial military project. From initiation in the 1981–2 budget to the delivery of the last submarine in 2003, the total cost was in excess of six billion dollars. Over 130 key players were interviewed for this book, and the Australian Defence Department allowed access to its classified archives and the Australian Navy archives. Vividly illustrated with photographs from the collections of the Royal Australian Navy and ASC Pty Ltd, The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin, first published in 2008, is a riveting and accessibly written chronicle of a grand-scale quest for excellence.

Author : Michael White
Publisher : Australian Teachers of Media
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Australian Submarines Vol 2 by Michael White Pdf

The book commences with a discussion of the policy issues as to whether Australia needed submarines and then the decision to buy AE1 and AE2. It then goes through their coming to Australia, the tragic loss of AE1 in New Guinea on 14 September 1914 and the bravery and daring of the AE2 crew in penetrating the Dardanelles on Anzac Day in 1915. The history then goes on to deal with the J-Class submarines that came to Australia in 1919, the first Oxley and Otway (which went to the RN in the Depression in 1931), and the fact that in World War Two, Australia had no submarines except for the Dutch K IX whose career ended with a battery explosion in 1944. Then the period of the RN Fourth Submarine Squadron based in Sydney is dealt with, including some of the happy memories of those who served in it. The book sets out the story of the new RAN submarine arm from 1963. When Oxley (S 57) arrived in Neutral Bay, Sydney, in 1967, so began the new Australian era of submarines. The basic dates of the O Boats are outlined, along with the building and basic dates of the Collins class. The book deals with some of the issues about the intelligence patrols, about the Future Submarine and also records the numerous plaques, services, memorials and museums in Australia and overseas dedicated to Australian submarines and Australian and NZ submariners. There is a detailed chapter on special submarine craft such as the X-Craft in which some of the submarine heroes like Max Sheean, Henty Henty-Creer and Ken Briggs served, and in some cases died. The appendices to this book are numerous and detailed by a strong team from around the world, including Garry Mellon, Barrie Downer and Pat Heffernan. Numerous photographs have been collected and included in the book to fit in with the text from Darren Brown and others. The appendices also list all Australian submariners who have qualified and served up until mid-2014, including those who have died.

Author : Maryanne Kelton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822034961755

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New Depths in Australia-US Relations by Maryanne Kelton Pdf

Author : M. W. D. White
Publisher : Agps Press Publication
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008931672

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Australian Submarines by M. W. D. White Pdf

The story of Australia's Submarine Service which began life with two boats in WWI and was disbanded three times (1914-15, 1919-24 and 1926-31) but finally reformed in 1965. The history details the circumstances of this start/stop record and brings the story right up to the present when Collins class submarines are being constructed in Adelaide for the RAN. Includes numerous appendices, a bibliography and an index. Tha author, now a barrister, was formerly an officer on the submarine HMAS Otway.

Author : Graham Seal,Lloyd Blake
Publisher : Boolarong Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922109897

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Century of Silent Service by Graham Seal,Lloyd Blake Pdf

Australia’s Submariners are a group with an extremely strong sense of identity that goes well beyond occupational comradeship or the esprit de corps of military life in peace or war. Since 1914, the unique skills, attitudes, values and demands of the work they do and the environment in which they do it have forged unparalleled camaraderie. A camaraderie that extends beyond nationality, embracing submariners past and present of every other nation. No one but submariners understand the experience of diving deep beneath the waves in technology filled tubes of steel, each submariner totally dependent on the other for a safe return to the surface. The ethos of Australia’s submariners is based upon these factors and remains strong even when they leave the sea and take up other occupations. Australia’s future submarines will certainly present challenges in terms of sophistication, technology and capability however the characteristics of our submariners evolved over previous generations will remain much the same; trained and equipped to meet the challenges; just as they have been met and surmounted so many times, in silence, over a century of service.

Author : John Birkler,John F. Schank,Jessie Riposo,Mark V. Arena,Robert W. Button
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0833050575

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Australia's Submarine Design Capabilities and Capacities by John Birkler,John F. Schank,Jessie Riposo,Mark V. Arena,Robert W. Button Pdf

The Royal Australian Navy intends to acquire 12 new submarines to replace its Collins-class vessels. At the behest of the Australian government, RAND assessed the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design the new submarine, identified the skills they currently possess, and evaluated how best to fill any gaps between the two.

Author : Lynne Cairns
Publisher : Western Australian Museum
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920843571

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Secret Fleets by Lynne Cairns Pdf

Contrary to what many Australians believe, during 1942 Japanese submarines were active in Australian waters and Japanese spy planes made surveillance flights over our major cities. With enemy submarines patrolling off the Western Australian coast, Fremantle became an important international submarine base, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. During the war Fremantle played host to over 170 Allied submarines, with submarines of the United States, British and Dutch navies making a total of 416 war patrols out of the port between March 1942 and August 1945. The secrecy surrounding the operation of the Fremantle submarine base meant that its existence was little known at the time and, until now, has been largely forgotten by history.

Author : A. D. Garrisson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCSD:31822003110236

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The Australian Submarine Project by A. D. Garrisson Pdf

Author : Michael White
Publisher : Australian Teachers of Media
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11
Category : Submarine warfare
ISBN : 1876467266

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Australian Submarines by Michael White Pdf

The book commences with a discussion of the policy issues as to whether Australia needed submarines and then the decision to buy AE1 and AE2. It then goes through their coming to Australia, the tragic loss of AE1 in New Guinea on 14 September 1914 and the bravery and daring of the AE2 crew in penetrating the Dardanelles on Anzac Day in 1915. The history then goes on to deal with the J-Class submarines that came to Australia in 1919, the first Oxley and Otway (which went to the RN in the Depression in 1931), and the fact that in World War Two, Australia had no submarines except for the Dutch K IX whose career ended with a battery explosion in 1944. Then the period of the RN Fourth Submarine Squadron based in Sydney is dealt with, including some of the happy memories of those who served in it. The book sets out the story of the new RAN submarine arm from 1963. When Oxley (S 57) arrived in Neutral Bay, Sydney, in 1967, so began the new Australian era of submarines. The basic dates of the O Boats are outlined, along with the building and basic dates of the Collins class. The book deals with some of the issues about the intelligence patrols, about the Future Submarine and also records the numerous plaques, services, memorials and museums in Australia and overseas dedicated to Australian submarines and Australian and NZ submariners. There is a detailed chapter on special submarine craft such as the X-Craft in which some of the submarine heroes like Max Sheean, Henty Henty-Creer and Ken Briggs served, and in some cases died. The appendices to this book are numerous and detailed by a strong team from around the world, including Garry Mellon, Barrie Downer and Pat Heffernan. Numerous photographs have been collected and included in the book to fit in with the text from Darren Brown and others. The appendices also list all Australian submariners who have qualified and served up until mid-2014, including those who have died.

Author : Australian National Audit Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Submarines (Ships)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021677468

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New Submarine Project by Australian National Audit Office Pdf

Author : Michael Sturma
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518619

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Fremantle's Submarines by Michael Sturma Pdf

From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the Allied submarine base at Fremantle on the west coast of Australia became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands’ East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by a small group of Dutch forces, retreated to Fremantle as a last resort. The location was chosen for its good harbor and the fact that it was outside the range of land-based Japanese aircraft. Unfortunately the base was also far from their patrol areas and supply lines, and it was difficult to reinforce should the enemy attack. Thanks largely to a welcoming civilian population, morale quickly improved. The hospitality and sense of belonging fostered by Western Australians became legendary among Allied submariners and remains central to their wartime memories. Perhaps as a result of such a positive experience, the Allied forces became much more successful in combat. Intertwining social and military history, Fremantle’s Submarines relates how courage, cooperation, and community made Fremantle arguably the most successful military outpost of World War II from the standpoint of troop morale.

Author : Vecihi Basarin,Hatice Basarin
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741765960

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Beneath the Dardanelles by Vecihi Basarin,Hatice Basarin Pdf

In the Australian psyche, the Gallipoli campaign is the action on Gallipoli Peninsula. But an important addition to that land campaign was the part played by the Australian submarine HMAS AE2. The AE2 achieved a daring passage through the Dardanelles on 25 April 1915 when Anzac troops were landing on the other side at Anzac Cove. The Royal and French navies' previous attempts at passage had ended in disaster. AE2's mission to 'run amuck' ended after five days in the Sea of Marmara when it was caught by the Turkish Sultanhisar torpedo boat. After being holed, AE2's captain Stoker scuttled the submarine and its crew were saved by Sultanhisar's captain, Ali Riza. Beneath the Dardanelles tells AE2's story from both the Australian and Turkish perspectives, and features extracts from the memoirs of the two captains. Rarely in military books are both sides of a battle presented so evenly. The submarine lay undiscovered on the bottom of the sea until 1998 and awaits its destiny as the largest historical Australian relic of the Gallipoli campaign. The future of AE2 will be newsworthy for years to come and this book makes an important contribution to that story.

Author : Fred Brenchley,Elizabeth Brenchley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey)
ISBN : 1742953786

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Stoker's Submarine by Fred Brenchley,Elizabeth Brenchley Pdf

IT WAS A MISSION IMPOSSIBLEOn 25 April 1915 -- the day the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli -- Lieutenant Commander DacreStoker set out as captain of the Australian submarine AE2 on a mission to breach the treacherous Dardanelles Strait with the intention of disrupting Turkish supply lines to theisolated Gallipoli peninsula. Facing dangerous currents, mines and withering enemy fire,Stoker and his men succeeded where British and French submarines had come to grief.Stoker's achievement meant much in military terms, and even more emotionally in boostingthe morale of embattled Allied troops. But what was proclaimed at the time as 'the finest feat in submarine history' has since sunk into oblivion.Few Australians even know their country had a submarine at Gallipoli, much less that it achieveddaring feats, torpedoed an enemy craft, and possibly played a pivotal role in Anzac troopsstaying on the beachhead for eight months. Now, finally, Stoker's Submarine tells the storyof a remarkable naval hero and the men under his command. And AE2 herself, still lying intacton the fl oor of the Sea of Marmara, is celebrated as the most tangible relic of Australia's roleat Gallipoli, the crucible of nationhood.

Author : Peter Scott
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781760992019

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Running Deep by Peter Scott Pdf

From conducting top-secret missions to making Australian submarine history, Commodore Peter Scott depicts what it takes to be a Submariner. Over a decorated 34-year career, Commodore Scott served in 10 submarines, passed the most demanding military command course in the world and served as the Head of Profession of the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy. During that time his character was forged by the challenges of naval service, success and failure as a leader, catastrophic onboard disasters while dived, and life-threatening traumas. Along the way, he also endured personal battles with self-doubt, addiction, depression and anxiety. In this honest and enlightening tale, he shares his quest for self-acceptance, and for the courage, commitment and compassion to lead the warriors of Australia' s Silent Service.

Author : David Jones,Peter Nunan
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060371294

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United States Submarines Down Under by David Jones,Peter Nunan Pdf

Two Australian writers who have studied the subject for years tell for the first time the complete story of the American Navy's submarine task force based in Brisbane, Australia, during World War II.