SPC-A Publications

SPC-A Publications

Title of Publication Summary
ACB 0233/44(3) South-West Pacific Anti-Submarine Warfare Reports (WWII) Declassified anti-submarine warfare reports compiled by the Anti-Submarine Warfare Division in Navy Office, Melbourne during the latter part of World War II.
ACB 0254/45(4) Royal Australian Navy Monthly Naval Warfare Review (WWII) Declassified monthly naval warfare reviews containing an appreciation of the progress of the naval war in the Pacific and South East Asia during 1944-45, including sections concerning intelligence, tactics, incidents and lessons learned.
Admiralty Fleet Orders Selection of Admiralty Fleet Orders, declassified, digitised and placed in the public domain to compliment Australian Naval Orders. Part of the Sea Power Centre - Australia’s ongoing digitisation program.
An Australian vision of the Indo-Pacific - Through a Strategic and Maritime Lens An overview of the strategic narrative of the Indo-Pacific through the maritime and strategic lens.
Australia Station Intelligence Summaries 1952-1957 Post-World War II Regional Intelligence Summaries, covering the period 1952-1957. Declassified, digitised and placed in the public domain as part of the Sea Power Centre - Australia's ongoing digitisation program.
Australian Maritime Doctrine (2010) Australian Maritime Doctrine brought together, in an Australian context, the key concepts and themes of sea power and explained them in a clear and straightforward fashion. This book laid out the ways in which the Navy operated as part of a joint and integrated ADF to accomplish the maritime security goals set by the Australian Government.
Australian Maritime Logistics Doctrine (2016) Australian Maritime Logistics Doctrine guided the ongoing development and assurance of maritime support capability.
Australian Maritime Operations (2017) Australian Maritime Operations (2017) replaced The Navy Contribution to Maritime Operations (2005).
Commonwealth War Book The purpose of the Commonwealth War Book (1956) was to facilitate the transition from peace to war, by setting down the administrative actions that will be taken in the early stages of a war emergency.
Foundations of International Thinking on Sea Power The Foundations of International Thinking on Sea Power series was produced by the Sea Power Centre - Australia and comprised peer-reviewed original research on how various states perceived the necessity for, and use of, sea power.
Future Maritime Operating Concept - 2025 The Future Maritime Operating Concept 2025 is the ADF’s long term, maritime, joint warfighting capability aspiration, and seeks to inform and guide in developing capability requirements for the future ADF in the maritime environment.
Grey Shutterbugs - Volume One Grey Shutterbugs showcases a choice of images by Navy Imagery Specialists along with insights into their lives and some fascinating personal anecdotes from the great characters of this unique Navy profession.
Hindsight The Hindsight series highlights the Australia’s naval tradition, covering the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy, and are generally 2000 words in length.
HM Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action in World War II A complete summary, as far as is known, of war damage to HM Ships in the Second World War and is based on reports held in the Admiralty at the time of its publication in 1952.
King-Hall Naval History Conference Proceedings Proceedings of early King-Hall Navy History conferences were published commercially, some are still available from the relevant publisher. More recent conference proceedings are being edited and will be published by the SPC-A.
Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs The Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs series was produced over the period 1996-2011 by the Sea Power Centre - Australia and comprised lengthy peer-reviewed original research on regional maritime affairs.
Recommendations of Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson In 1910 Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson was invited to visit Australia and provide advice on naval infrastructure. Henderson’s subsequent report advocated a progressive expansion of the RAN extending over a generation.
Reports of Admiral Jellicoe Volumes I-IV At the end of World War I, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Jellicoe was invited to write a report on the naval defence of Australia. The four volume report was published in 1919.
Royal Australian Navy Leadership Ethic The Royal Australian Navy Leadership Ethic is written to challenge the reader to contemplate the ethical obligations of professional service, and presents a way of thinking about leadership, rather than any prescriptive way of leading.
Sea Power Conference Proceedings The Sea Power Conference began in 2000, and is conducted biennially in conjunction with the International Maritime Conference and the Pacific Exposition, at Darling Harbour in Sydney.
Sea Power Series The Sea Power Series is a Sea Power Centre - Australia publication introduced in 2012. This series is designed to capture peer-reviewed, original research on regional maritime affairs, ranging from Working Paper level up to book manuscript.
Semaphore The Semaphore series is produced by the Sea Power Centre - Australia to raise awareness of naval and maritime issues, both contemporary and historical.
Soundings Papers Soundings Papers are a Sea Power Centre - Australia publication introduced in 2012. The Soundings series is designed to raise awareness of naval and maritime issues, both contemporary and historical, but in more ‘depth’ than Semaphores.
SPC-A Commercial Publications The Sea Power Centre - Australia has published a large number of conference, workshop and seminar proceedings in conjunction with other institutions, as well as a variety of commercial publications.
Tac Talks Tac Talks are papers about global maritime strategic concepts and strategies authored by professionals of the Royal Australian Navy.
The Naval Auxiliary Patrol The Naval Auxiliary Patrol was a war-raised unit approved on 25 June 1941. It was charged with patrolling and safeguarding Australia's inner harbours, ports, rivers and estuaries against enemy sabotage or attack.
Working Papers The Working Papers series was produced over the period 1999-2012 by the Sea Power Centre - Australia and comprised shorter original research on maritime security issues.
World War I Naval Staff Monographs The production of these Admiralty Naval Staff Monographs was intended to give an account of the actual course of events concerning the global war at sea during World War I.
World War II Combined Operational Intelligence Centre Naval Summaries Declassified and digitised Combined Operational Intelligence Centre summaries of the daily intelligence picture from the period when the war broke out in the Far East and Pacific.
World War II Daily Escort Situation Declassified and digitised records of the daily escort situation in Australian and South-West Pacific waters during WWII. Part of the Sea Power Centre - Australia’s ongoing digitisation program.
World War II Damage Control Posters highlighting some of the successes and failures of damage control in HM Ships during WWII. Produced by the Royal Navy and distributed throughout the Commonwealth.
World War II Merchant Ship Movement Records - Australia World War II merchant ship movement records for Australia, scanned from the original documents and published in PDF format.
World War II Naval Staff Histories A collection of publications written by the Historical Section of the Admiralty during and after World War II.