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HMAS Rankin near Port Arthur

Image provided by Neon Jungle

HMAS Rankin near Port Arthur

Image provided by Neon Jungle

Welcome to the Australian National Submarine Museum. Discover Australia's submarines, the people who serve in them, the role they have played in our past and today, and their significance for our future. Our interactive online museum makes it easy to explore this fascinating history.
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Australia's Submarines

HMAS AE1 departing Portsmouth, UK, 2 March 1914

AE1 to SSN AUKUS
HMAS AE1 passing Fort Blockhouse 0715 Monday 2 March 1914

Image provided by Royal Australian Navy

Submarines in Australia's History
HMAS AE2 with HMAS AE1 astern in Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island, 24 June 1914 (Navy I00572_AE1.jpg)
Serving Australia
This window remembers the loss of HMAS AE1 on 14 September 1914 near Duke of Fork Island and successful penetration of the Dardanelles by HMAS AE2 (the Silent ANZAC) on 25 April 1915.
Submarine People
This window remembers the loss of HMAS AE1 on 14 September 1914 near Duke of Fork Island and successful penetration of the Dardanelles by HMAS AE2 (the Silent ANZAC) on 25 April 1915.
Australian Submarine Bases
250210 HMAS Stirling.jpg
Research
Interim ikon for Research
National Submarine Collection
Oberon Control Room Model at the Holbrook Submarine Museum
Art
In celebration of the discovery of the wreck of HMAS AE1 in 2017, the artist Jo Frobisher produced an image of AE1 from the covers of books recently donated by the West Australian branch of the Royal United Services Institute. This is part of that image.
The Submarine Network
Submarine-Onslow-at-the-Sea-Museum
About the Australian National Submarine Museum
Control Room in HMAS J4 (Navy image # 04077c_J4 (1))