The search for an Australian warship lost at sea during a battle in the Second World War received more than $1m in funding from the federal government, newly released documents show.

New documents reveal the Howard government’s deliberations in making a million-dollar offer to solve Australia’s longest ...

In November 1941, HMAS Sydney encountered the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. What followed was a close-range naval engagement that left Kormoran crippled — and ...

More than 80 years after the ship was sunk, the wreck could soon be found near Timor-Leste. Ratifying a UN convention would help Australia protect it from plunder The HMAS Armidale was sinking fast.

As the home port to one Armidale class patrol boat, two Cape class patrol boats, two Leeuwin class Hydrographic Survey Ships and two Paluma class Survey Motor Launches, the city also has a crucial ...

The Australian Defence Force has given a rare look inside their HMAS ship and the new young faces leading the front line to protect the country. Around him a small team of crew are at their posts, ...

This crumbling shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef was bought for just 10 pounds in World War II. Now a haven for marine life and a tourist attraction, HMAS Protector had a rich history as one of ...

Australia’s largest warship has experienced an “outage” amid reports the vessel is “crippled” after a mission in the South Pacific. Defence confirmed on Monday evening that the HMAS Adelaide ...

Australian naval divers have been injured after an 'unsafe and unprofessional' run-in with a Chinese warship. Acting prime minister Richard Marles on Saturday said the Australian government had ...

Almost 200 Australian sailors are bracing for confrontation with Iranian vessels as their warship sets sail today for a maritime security mission in one of the world's most treacherous waterways. The ...

Australia says it has identified the body of the only sailor recovered from a ship sunk during World War Two. Thomas Welsby Clark, 20, joined the HMAS Sydney just four months before it was ambushed by ...

Defence Minister Peter Dutton said 23 cases have been reported on HMAS Adelaide since it departed on Friday afternoon with more than 600 crew members on board. "We do have a situation on HMAS Adelaide ...