Publication:Semaphore

Newsletter of the Sea Power Centre - Australia

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The Semaphore series is a publication with a dual purpose. It is designed to raise maritime issues of immediate interest to the Royal Australian Navy, the ADF, Australia and the region and to create debate within both the naval community and in the Defence Organisation.

Despite being a maritime nation, the all-encompassing role that the sea and maritime power has played and will play in the development of Australia and its safety and security is generally not well understood. This publication series is designed to help rectify this.

Individuals who wish to raise an issue in Semaphore are invited to contact staff at the Sea Power Centre-Australia with regard to their contribution.

The first (inaugural) issue highlights the charter of the Sea Power Centre and the work that has been undertaken in the past, and therefore some of the significant achievements of past directors, as well as drawing attention to future events and activities of the current staff.

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Issue 14, Nov 2008 1918, Victory at sea PDF
Issue 13, Nov 2008 Finding HMAS Sydney (II) PDF
Issue 12, Nov 2008 The Logistic Support Element – Middle East PDF
Issue 11, Sep 2008 RAN Engagement with China PDF
Issue 10, Aug 2008 Warship Survivability PDF
Issue 9, Aug 2008 The Economic Benefits Of Naval Shipbuilding PDF
Issue 8, Jul 2008 The Great White Fleet’s 1908 Visit To Australia PDF
Issue 7, Jul 2008 Submarine Escape and Rescue: A Brief History PDF
Issue 6, Jun 2008 Offshore and out of sight:The RAN in the North Arabian Gulf PDF
Issue 5, Apr 2008 Australian Sea Transport 1914 PDF
Issue 4, Mar 2008 RAN International Engagement PDF
Issue 3, Feb 2008 The Maritime Defence of Australia 1942 PDF
Issue 2, Jan 2008 RAN Aviation and Air Combat - First and Last? PDF
Issue 1, Jan 2008 Sea Power Centre - Australia PDF
Issue 15, Nov 2007 The history of the Radford-Collins Agreement PDF
Issue 14, Oct 2007 Amphibious Ships PDF
Issue 13, Aug 2007 Civilian Accreditation of RAN Sea Training PDF
Issue 12, Aug 2007 Australians at Guadalcanal, August 1942 PDF
Issue 11, Jun 2007 Air Warfare Destroyers PDF
Issue 10, Jun 2007 HMAS Quiberon, 1942 - Teamwork in action PDF
Issue 9, May 2007 Australia's need for Sea Control PDF
Issue 8, May 2007 HMAS Quiberon, 1942 - Sea Control & Logistics PDF
Issue 7, Apr 2007 Compulsory Pilotage in the Torres Strait PDF
Issue 6, Mar 2007 Australian Sailors at Zeebrugge, 1918 PDF
Issue 5, Mar 2007 Whales and Active Sonar - Challenges and Opportunities PDF
Issue 4, Feb 2007 Naming of RAN Ships PDF
Issue 3, Jan 2007 Search and Rescue: A Miracle in the South PDF
Issue 2, Jan 2007 Australia'S Navy: 106 Years Young PDF
Issue 1, Jan 2007 The Sea Power Centre - Australia PDF
Issue 20, Nov 2006 The Long Memory: RAN Heritage Management PDF
Issue 19, Nov 2006 Women in the RAN: The Road to Command at Sea PDF
Issue 18, Oct 2006 RAN Activities in the Southern Ocean PDF
Issue 17, Sep 2006 The RAN Band Ashore and Afloat PDF
Issue 16, Aug 2006 Ancient Egyptian Joint Operations in the Lebanon under Thutmose III (1451-1438 BCE) PDF
Issue 15, Aug 2006 Primary Casualty Reception Facility PDF
Issue 14, Jul 2006 The Western Pacific Naval Symposium PDF
Issue 13, Jul 2006 The Effects of Weather on RAN Operations in the Southern Ocean PDF
Issue 12, Jun 2006 Operation ASTUTE - The RAN in East Timor PDF
Issue 11, Jun 2006 Hot Pursuit and Australian Fisheries Law PDF
Issue 10, May 2006 The 'Special Cruise' of HMAS Gayundah - 1911 PDF
Issue 9, May 2006 Reading Our Way to Victory? PDF
Issue 8, Apr 2006 Visual Signalling In The Royal Australian Navy PDF
Issue 7, Apr 2006 Positioning Navies For The Future PDF
Issue 6, Mar 2006 The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic PDF
Issue 5, Feb 2006 The Western Pacific Naval Symposium
Issue 4, Feb 2006 Welcome to the Armidale Class PDF
Issue 3, Feb 2006 Maritime Security Regulation PDF
Issue 2, Jan 2006 A First Analysis of RAN Operations, 1990-2005 PDF
Issue 1, Jan 2006 Sea Power Centre - Australia PDF
Issue 19, Nov 2005 The Pacific 2006 Congress and Exposition RAN Sea Power Conference 2006 PDF
Issue 18, Nov 2005 Naval Ingenuity: A Case Study PDF
Issue 17, Oct 2005 Farewell to the Fremantle Class PDF
Issue 16, Oct 2005 The Strategic Importance of Australian Ports PDF
Issue 15, Sep 2005 Trafalgar - 200 Years On PDF
Issue 14, Sep 2005 The Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre PDF
Issue 13, Aug 2005 The Royal Australian Navy and the Restoration of Stability in the Solomon Islands PDF
Issue 12, Jul 2005 Blockading German East Africa, 1915-16 PDF
Issue 11, Jul 2005 The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threat PDF
Issue 10, Jun 2005 Borneo 1945 - An Amphibious Success Story PDF
Issue 9, Jun 2005 The Capability of Sea-Based Land Strike Missiles PDF
Issue 8, May 2005 The RAN Fleet Air Arm - Ashore in Vietnam PDF
Issue 7, May 2005 The Naval Contribution to Joint Operations PDF
Issue 6, Apr 2005 Indonesian Archipelagic Sea Lanes PDF
Issue 5, Apr 2005 Air Warfare Destroyers and Combat Operations from the Sea PDF
Issue 4, Mar 2005 Gallipoli as a Joint Maritime Campaign PDF
Issue 3, Mar 2005 The RAN in the Gulf - Two Years On PDF
Issue 2, Feb 2005 The Pacific Patrol Boat Project PDF
Issue 1, Feb 2005 Sea Power Centre - Australia Publications PDF
Issue 14, Dec 2004 Disaster Relief - Cyclone Tracy and Tasman Bridge PDF
Issue 13, Nov 2004 The Roles and Tasks of Maritime Forces PDF
Issue 12, Nov 2004 Network Centric USW - Exploring the Realities PDF
Issue 11, Oct 2004 60 Years On. Leyte Gulf 1944 PDF
Issue 10, Sep 2004 90 Years On: Rabaul and Sydney/Emden, 1914 PDF
Issue 9, Aug 2004 The Sea Power Centre - Australia PDF
Issue 8, Aug 2004 ADF Amphibious Capability: Implications for Navy PDF
Issue 7, Jul 2004 Why Australia Needs a Mine Warfare Capability PDF
Issue 6, Jul 2004 Naval Operations Other Than War 1901-2004 PDF
Issue 5, May 2004 A Loss More Symbolic Than Material? PDF
Issue 4, May 2004 The Great Amphibious Invasion: D-Day, 6 June 1944 PDF
Issue 3, May 2004 Replenishment at Sea - A Significant Force Multiplier PDF
Issue 2, May 2004 Considerations in Maritime Barrier Operations PDF
Issue 1, Jan 2004 Pacific 2004 - RAN Sea Power Conference PDF
Issue 16, Nov 2003 Australia, Imperial Trade and the Impact of War PDF
Issue 15, Nov 2003 Sea Power Centre-Australia Publications PDF
Issue 14, Nov 2003 Australia's Needs for Maritime Area Air Defence PDF
Issue 13, Nov 2003 Australia's Absent Maritime National Identity PDF
Issue 12, Nov 2003 Australian Operations in the Solomon Islands PDF
Issue 11, Nov 2003 The New Maritime Security Environment PDF
Issue 10, Oct 2003 Sailing into the Future PDF
Issue 9, Sep 2003 Why the ADF Needs Major Surface Combatants PDF
Issue 8, Sep 2003 Australia's Maritime Dependence PDF
Issue 7, Aug 2003 Before Gallipoli - Australian Operations in 1914 PDF
Issue 6, Aug 2003 Iraq Lessons: The More Things Change PDF
Issue 5, Jul 2003 The Decline of Australian Naval Deterrence 1919-1939 PDF
Issue 4, Jun 2003 Timor Sea Oil and Gas - Too Valuable to Ignore? PDF
Issue 3, May 2003 Sea Power Centre Australia Publications PDF
Issue 2, Apr 2003 New Guinea WW2 – A Maritime Campaign PDF
Issue 1, Mar 2003 Sea Control and Surface Combatants PDF
Issue 2, Dec 2002 How old is Australia’s Navy PDF
Issue 1, Nov 2002 A Message from the Director PDF
Petty Officer Electronics Technician Murray Piggott (right) celebrates his 43rd birthday on HMAS...

Petty Officer Electronics Technician Murray Piggott (right) celebrates his 43rd birthday on HMAS...