2013 King-Hall Naval History Conference Proceedings
The War at Sea 1914 - 1918
The eighth biennial King Hall Conference was held in Canberra on 23 - 24 May 2013. The conference was organised by the Sea Power Centre - Australia with assistance from the Australian Naval Institute, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of NSW Canberra, and the Australian War Memorial. The King Hall Conference has become a significant event in the national and international sea power communities for its wide-ranging discussion of topical naval historical and maritime strategic issues.
The theme of the 2013 Conference was 'The War at Sea 1914 - 1918'. As we approach the centenary of the Great War, it is important that we consider all aspects of this conflict and how it shaped our modern world. The naval war, in particular, deserves reassessment, for much of what has been written previously cannot be considered either comprehensive or reliable. By bringing together naval historians from around the world, this conference provided many new insights on a neglected topic.
Proceedings
Conference Program (96.48 KB PDF)
Day 1
Session 1
- Dr Norman Friedman
- The War at Sea 1914 - 1918 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 2
- Peter Overlack
- Colonel Tim Gellel, CSC, Defence Headquarters
- Prelude to 1914: German Naval Planning against the United States in Asian-Pacific waters (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- Lessons Learnt? How the Great War shaped the Japanese Navy's planning for the next war (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 3
- Dr Rhys Crawley, Australian National University
- Harvey Broadbent, Macquarie University
- St Andrew against the Kaiser: Russia's naval strategy and operations in the Baltic and Black Sea Theatres 1914-18 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- Naval command, co-operation and capability during the Dardanelles campaign (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- Ottoman Anti-submarine measures in the Dardanelles conflict 1915 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 4
- Professor John Schindler, US Naval War College
- Captain Richard Arundel, RAN (Rtd)
- Austro-Hungarian Naval Intelligence 1914-18 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- Communications current at the outbreak of WWI and their evolution (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Day 2
Session 1
- Michael Wynd, RNZN Museum
- Stephen Prince, Head Naval Historical Branch, Portsmouth
- Our Battelship at War: HMS New Zealand's Experience of the War at Sea 1914-1918 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- The real Warhorse: Matritime blockade & distorting Germany's war effort (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 2
- Commander David Hobbs, MBE, RN (Rtd)
- Commodore Jack McCaffrie, RAN (Rtd)
- The Royal Naval Air Service (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- First Flights: Aviation and the RAN 1914-18 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 3
- Commander Greg Swinden, RAN, Sea Power Centre - Australia
- Dr Tim Coyle
- The other Room 40: SIGINT and the Pacific War 1914-18 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- The RAN ashore (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
- The Australian media and the RAN 1914-18 (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
Session 4
- Vice Admiral Peter Jones, AO, DSC, RAN, Chief of Capability Development
- Captain Justin Jones
- The RAN College: William Creswell's last great legacy (PowerPoint Presentation hosted on SlideShare)
