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Australia's Transition to Nuclear Powered Submarines
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"Their feats, their fortunes and their fames Are hidden from their nearest kin; No eager public backs or blames, No journal prints the yarn they spin (The Censor would not let it in! )" (Rudyard Kipling - "The Trade")
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Besant, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN, Commanding Officer HMAS AE1
Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood USN
Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood USN - COMSUBSOWESPAC March 1942 - January 1943 - COMSUBPAC February 1943 - September 1945
Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Shean DSO*, US Bronze Star
Lieutenant Commander Max Shean DSO*, US Bronze Star, RANVR, one of only three members of the RAN to be awarded a bar to his DSO
Lieutenant Commander Ken Hudspeth DSC**
A decorated World War II Submarine Commander
Vice Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh
Vice Admiral Sir Ian Stewart McIntosh KBE, CB, DSO, DSC
Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall
Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall AC, AFSM RAN - The first submariner to lead the RAN
HMAS Stirling, Garden Island, WA
Home of the Collins Class - Soon to be home of Submarine Rotational Force - West
Research
From Theoretical to Practical
Past and Present
Key Documents in Australia's Submarine History
Key Documents in Australian Submarine History
A Useful Reference Point for Researchers
Australian Submarine History Essays and Papers
Essays and Papers on Submarine Matters
Present and Future
Collins Life of Type Extension, AUKUS and Beyond
COLLINS LOTE
Life of Type Extension for the COLLINS Class
Transition to Nuclear Power
Issues to be addressed in the transition to (and acquisition of) nuclear powered submarines by Australia
Evolution of Command and Control
The Impact of Evolving Technology on Australian Submarine Command, Command Team Training, Professional Application and Tactical Operations.
Development of Submarine Command - Historical Considerations
Historical Introduction to Submarine Command and the Development of Command Considerations
Technology in Submarine Operations
The Advent of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Submarine Operations
Artificial Intelligence
An adaptation of an essay by Ensign Clarisse Joy Absalon, U.S. Navy
Undersea Technology
Submarine and Undersea Technology - Areas of Research and Development
Evolution of Submarine and Undersea Technology
Evolution of Submarine and Undersea Technology - Areas of Research and Development
Oral History
The Oral Histories of Australia's Submariners