In November 1941, HMAS Sydney encountered the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. What followed was a close-range naval engagement that left Kormoran crippled — and ...

As the home port to one Armidale class patrol boat, two Cape class patrol boats, two Leeuwin class Hydrographic Survey Ships and two Paluma class Survey Motor Launches, the city also has a crucial ...

The Australian Defence Force has given a rare look inside their HMAS ship and the new young faces leading the front line to protect the country. Around him a small team of crew are at their posts, ...

Suddenly, Dutch flags dropped, revealing the sight of a German ensign. With realization dawning, Burnett braced for battle as the raider shed its disguise, unleashing a storm of gunfire and ...

Friends and family have lined the wharf in Cairns welcoming home their loved ones aboard HMAS Melville as it entered the inlet for its last time before decommissioning. The vessel made her final ...

This crumbling shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef was bought for just 10 pounds in World War II. Now a haven for marine life and a tourist attraction, HMAS Protector had a rich history as one of ...

Australia says it has identified the body of the only sailor recovered from a ship sunk during World War Two. Thomas Welsby Clark, 20, joined the HMAS Sydney just four months before it was ambushed by ...

Australia’s nuclear regulator greenlit the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) on July 17 to proceed with plans for a nuclear waste storage facility at HMAS Stirling Base in Rockingham, Western ...

Australian naval divers have been injured after an 'unsafe and unprofessional' run-in with a Chinese warship. Acting prime minister Richard Marles on Saturday said the Australian government had ...

Beijing’s acoustic assault on an Australian warship last week follows a well-established pattern: China is pushing hard in the legal ‘grey zone’ beneath an outright act of war. But it’s a deadly game.