The U.S. Navy has taken a historic step in strengthening its Indo-Pacific presence by establishing two critical commands in ...

The US Navy has reactivated a submarine squadron that was disbanded more than a ...

THE Navy has raised concern about the apparent looting of the wreck of the HMAS Perth, which was sunk near Java in 1942 with the loss of 353 lives. Claims that scrap merchants were stripping the HMAS ...

The 192 personnel are headed to the Middle East as part of Operation Manitou. Perth’s Commanding Officer Captain Ivan Ingham said the deployment was part of a multi-national Combined Maritime Forces ...

What: The Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class Frigate HMAS Perth will visit Wellington, NZ to participate in ANZAC Day remembrance ceremonies in Wellington and Carterton, demonstrate the capabilities ...

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: One dark night off the coast of Java in 1942, two Allied ships were caught off-guard and forced to face the invading Japanese battle fleet alone. The Australian warships HMAS ...

THE abuse of young sailors at Perth’s Leeuwin naval base — and at Australian Defence Force schools for cadets and apprentices — will be examined by a royal commission. The inquiry in Sydney on Tuesday ...

The Abbott government should try to claim HMAS Perth as a war grave to prevent salvagers damaging the wreck, a historian and a survivor say. The federal government is being urged to claim HMAS Perth ...