THE SLOPS VAN

Oz Submarine Shop

The Slops Van is your online shop for Australian Submarine merchandise.  The items are supplied by SAA branches and all profit from items sold on behalf of the branch goes to that Branch. This is provided as a free service to all SAA branches.

All items are top quality and can be sent anywhere. So browse around and then go to the order form at the bottom of the page to place your order online.

Accounts can be paid online using your credit cards - please add 2.5% of cost to cover costs, and please don't forget the cost of postage.

For any information please contact Norm Williams or call 0419 863 558


 

 

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Australian Submarines Beer Coasters

Tired of getting into trouble from the missus for leaving marks on the table every time you have a coldie?  Want to impress your skimmer mates?
 
Then why not have your own beer mats with the Australian Submarines logo in full colour. 

$25.00 for 300 - $17.50 for each additional 300 (i.e. 600 = $42.50)

Profits will be donated to Tug Wilson's walk for kids.
 

WINTER STOCK NOW ARRIVING - ORDER FOR SUBCON, IT GETS COLD IN CANBERRA

Long Line Jacket - $60.00

The Long Line Jacket has been revamped. Now a micro fibre outer, micro fleece lining, creating a perfect warm wind block! Hood hidden in collar, drawstring waist. A much smarter fashionable jacket. Complete with logo.

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Bomber/Flying Jacket - $50.00

Ripstop fabric, padding, hood at back of neck, heavy duty rib and of course a sleeve pocket. Great all year round. Complete with logo.

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Vest - Polar fleece lined

A micro fibre outer lined with polar fleece fabric in a most popular colour combination.
A great buy at $40 plus postage 

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Rugby Jumper - $45.00

The Australian Submarines logo looks great on these.

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Proper rugby weight fabric with denim collars. Very practical and fashionable. These are high quality. Look smart on those cooler days. Great all year round.

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Polo Shirts  - $27.50

Navy Blue

 

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Softest 65/35 poly/cotton interlock fabric, 220grm approx. Birdseye collar and cuff. comfort fit.  Navy blue embroidered with the Submarines Australia logo, white available on request.

Note: XXXL size now available on request

Brushed Cotton Baseball Caps - $15.00

Navy Blue - other colours by request

Number required

Fashionable Short Sleeve summer weight Chambray shirts and Long Sleeve heavyweight denim shirts.

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Guaranteed to make your skimmer mates jealous.

A steal at $37.50

 

CoolDri Polo shirts - $30.00

CoolDry is a revolutionary new generation fabric that has a multi-silt fiber design that acts as a capillary to rapidly draw moisture to the outside of the fabric, making it dry quickly. The Yarn CoolDry moisture management process offers the ultimate in comfort to the wearer.

We stock Navy/White and White/Navy

Other colours by request (see range).

These should sell for over $35 but we are keeping the price down for our members. 

 

Navy and White

 

White and Navy

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Shirts embroidered with the Submarines Australia logo.   

Gold wire pocket badges for all Oberon submarines.

They are removable and can be transferred to different jackets. Price is $35.00 each plus $5.00 postage.

They can be obtained directly from Tug Wilson or order here.

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These are extremely high quality and can be used for many purposes - Wearing on jacket or blazer (4 pins on reverse), mounting in frame with Medals, bar display, it is left to your imagination.

 

Submarine Tie Pins

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$12 includes postage

Oberon
Collins
Dolphins
ALL CLOTHING ITEMS SOLD ARE EMBROIDERED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE LOGO UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED Submariners Dolphins available on request

(SAA Members only)

 

Submarines Australia Windscreen Stickers - $4.75

Now available for $4.75 including postage. The size of the sticker is approximately 8.5cm x 7.5cm, and attaches to the inside of the window so cannot be scratched by "hoons".

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Submarines Association Australia Windscreen Stickers - $4.75

The size of the sticker is approximately 8.5cm x 7.5cm, and attaches to the inside of the window so cannot be scratched by "hoons".

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DVD -The Voyage of the Nautilus (Hubert Wilkins)

The journey of Sir Hubert Wilkins in a rusty WW1 submarine to the North pole in 1931. He set out from New York aboard the outdated O-Class submarine Nautilus, of which he leased for a single dollar, towards the last unknown, the Artic Ocean.

The Nautilus expedition was a triumph of imagination and courage, but it ended in mutiny and personal tragedy, his boat eventually scuttled off the coast of Norway.

Compiled from more than 20 hours of archival footage, 250 still photographs and new footage the Voyage of the Nautilus is expertly narrated by actor Sam Neill to deliver a moving, inspirational and remarkable film experience .

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SUBMARINERS - THE DVD

Get up close and personal with the HMAS Rankin, one of Australia’s controversial Collins Class submarines, in this intriguing new documentary series, as she undertakes a journey from the West Australian coast to the waters of Korea, Japan and Hawaii.

Granted unprecedented access that blurs the lines of National Security, SUBMARINERS takes you deep inside the belly of the HMAS Rankin, exposing the lives and pressures faced by her crew, both men and woman, as they live and work within the claustrophobic corridors and isolation of a submarine.

This is a must for all submariners video library. 

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THE KURSK - A Submarine in Troubled Waters

The story is constructed like a “counter espionage” documentary. It underlines the gap between a nation torn apart by a human tragedy and a government willing to stop at nothing to reach it global aims

In August 2000 the pride of the Russian navy and its 118 crew lay at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The unthinkable had happened. The Kursk, the world’s most technologically advanced nuclear submarine and pride of the Russian Fleet had sunk.

Running Time: 70 Minutes

The Kremlin’s explanation: It was caused by the accidental explosion of an old fashioned torpedo. This version of events was readily accepted by the Russian and international press. However, the real causes of the tragedy have never been exposed. Until now……

After two years of investigation, this documentary unveils the contradictions, lies and secrets created by the authorities at the time, hiding the true origins of the disaster. The film exposes a truly disturbing story:

  • • A military exercise to sell the Chinese weapons that could change the balance of naval power in the Pacific.

  • • A confrontation between the Kursk and two American submarines

  • • The hostile firing of an MK40 torpedo resulting in the sinking

  • • Russian jets launched carrying nuclear warheads

  • • A purposefully delayed rescue effort to hide the confrontation

  •  Billions of dollars in debt relief to Russia from the US following the disaster

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HMAS SYDNEY - DVD
As you are all aware the wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast in 1941, has at last been found. The Sydney's entire crew of 645 went down with the ship in the Indian Ocean and its location has been a mystery for 66 years. The DVD of “The Hunt for HMAS Sydney”, a documentary of this momentous discovery, will screen on ABC TV on 1st April to be followed as soon as possible by this priority DVD release.

The DVD will include the history of the Sydney and German raider Kormoran, along with interviews with bereaved family members, naval personnel, historians, and those who have made the search happen with their determination to bring closure. It will also include an animated segment showing the battle between the rival ships based on evidence gleaned from German survivors.

DVD extras have yet to be fully finalised but should include – Extended interviews and footage, Discovery photo gallery, Historical Gallery and special booklet. I will be receiving a release date shortly but at this stage anticipate an early May release.  Watch this space.

Ultimate Battles: Waterloo
Shot in High Definition, the documentary Ultimate Battles: Waterloo examines the final stand - and ultimate defeat of - one of history's greatest military geniuses: Napoleon Bonaparte.

Through the use of cutting-edge computer-generated effects, exquisitely detailed re-creations and interviews with noted historians, Ultimate Battles: Waterloo highlights how a brutal one-day clash between 200,000 combatants forever altered the course of the European continent and the world itself.

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$24.95 inc postage

This DVD has been requested by several members, will make a great gift for those interested in Naval history.

 

BOOKS & STUFF

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THE VUNG TAU FERRY (HMAS SYDNEY) AND ESCORT SHIPS (VIETNAM 1965-1972)

This book recognise the major contribution of those many members of the Royal Australian Navy whose dedicated service in the Vietnam war was for so long ignored. These are the 9,800 RAN personnel who, through dedication to the task over seven years transported safely and on time about 15,600 Army and RAAF personnel, along with many tons of weapons, stores and equipment during the 25 operational voyages HMAS Sydney and her escorting destroyers made to and from Vietnam.

The book includes: a nominal list of those who served, the dates and composition of the 25 Troop Transport Task Force groups that served in the operational area, and first hand accounts by sailors and soldiers who sailed in HMAS Sydney and the Escort Ships of the RAN, namely HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Anzac, HMAS Derwent, HMAS Duchess, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Stuart, HMAS Swan, HMAS Torrens, HMAS Vampire, HMAS Vendetta and HMAS Yarra.

Authors Rodney Nott and Noel Payne are veterans of this major Vietnam logistic operation.

210 x 148 mm, 272 pages, 35 photographs, 4 maps. ISBN 9781877058721, RRP $29.95 Due for release in April, available to Members: March 2008

 

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TIGER TERRITORY The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia 1948 to 1971
Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. With British and New Zealand forces, they fought against insurrection and infiltration during the Malayan Emergency between 1955 and 1960 and countered Indonesian incursions and infiltrations into Malaysia and Singapore during Confrontation (1964-66). In the process, RAN personnel held key positions in the Royal Malaysian Navy during its most challenging period of development and growth.

In this period of intense diplomatic and military activity in a potentially volatile region, Australia developed its engagement with Southeast Asia and its concept of ‘forward defence’. While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and Singapore now enjoy, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land forces, or patiently laying the foundations for the regional navies to build upon. Tiger Territory tells of the naval men who delivered this underappreciated achievement, and recounts their previously unpublished experiences.

Paperback by Ian Pfennigwerth. 225 x 150 mm, 344 pages, 53 b&w photos and 9 maps. ISBN 9781877058653, RRP $29.95. Due for release in April, available to Members: March 2008

Special offer to SAA members
Cambridge University Press is proud to announce the impending release on April 8 of "The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin".  This is the first ever book devoted entirely to an Australian defence procurement project - an engagingly-styled and dispassionate assessment of the project from professional historian Peter Yule and defence procurement expert Derek Woolner.

The book details the trials of the project warts and all. The authors were given access to all the Navy's documentation relating to the project and have spent painstaking years interviewing some 170 participants.
The result is a book that shows what lessons can be learned from the Collins Class, but concludes that the result is a fleet of world-class submarines, contrary to public perception.

We would like to extend to all SAA staff a special offer of 25% off the retail price of the book.

To take up this offer, you can order securely via our website. Simply go to; http://www.cambridge.org/aus/9780521868945 then Click "Add to basket", and at the checkout stage of your order, enter the promotion code: COLLINS  when prompted. You will see the price automatically updated to reflect the discount.

Ordering online is quick and secure, but for those who would prefer to pay by mail or cheque, please contact Adam Ford at: aford[at]cambridge.edu.au  or phone (03) 8671 1451 and we will make alternative arrangements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$39.95 $33.00  + $5 pp

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The Royal Australian Navy in World War II
Edited by David Stevens
The definitive account of the part the Royal Australian Navy played in the Second World War.  With new material provided by leading naval historians from Australia and overseas, this revised edition of The Royal Australian Navy in World War II more fully examines the part the Royal Australian Navy played throughout six years of global conflict. Drawing on recently released official documents and the latest scholarly research, new light is shed on the vital importance of Australia's role in maritime campaigns in every theatre.

The coverage ranges from the exploits of individual ships and men to the broad issues of strategy and naval policy. In lively accounts of operations ranging from the Atlantic through the Mediterranean and to the Pacific, both the triumphs and tragedies of war at sea are critically considered. The home front, too, is not neglected and the essential contributions of women and industry are analysed in detail.

Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, The Royal Australian Navy in World War II goes far towards encapsulating Australia's naval war in one volume.

A former naval officer, David Stevens is a graduate of the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University, and is currently Director of Strategic and Historical Studies within the Sea Power Centre Australia. He has written and edited several books on maritime strategy and naval history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Navy and the Nation 
Edited by David Stevens and John Reeve
The influence of the Navy on modern Australia  - A history of the Australian navy focusing on the contribution of the RAN in peace and war to Australia's development and the potential it has to continue this into the future.

Australia has often been described as a nation shaped by war. From an early age, every Australian is taught the significance of Gallipoli and the Anzac legend. This, however, is but one dimension of the military's impact on our nation's coming of age. Australia, after all, is an island. It was the Navy which explored and founded European Australia, and it is the Navy which has ever since been critical to our national security.

With its ancestry in the Royal Navy and the former colony-based navies, the Australian Navy was established in 1901. Since that time it has helped Australia enter the international community as a modern, self-reliant nation and has been indispensable in protecting Australia's sovereignty and national interests.

Despite the Navy being one of Australia's oldest and most important institutions, the links between nation-building and the Navy have never before received detailed study. Bringing together scholars from Australia and overseas, The Navy and the Nation examines the extent of the Navy's contribution to our national development. It shows, too, how the Navy has played a vital role in defining our independent national identity.

A former naval officer, David Stevens is a graduate of the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University, and is currently Director of Strategic and Historical Studies within the Sea Power Centre - Australia. He has written and edited several books on maritime strategy and naval history.

John Reeve is Senior Lecturer and Osborne Fellow in Naval History at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has written extensively on early modern and contemporary diplomatic and strategic issues.

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A No Pleasure Cruise - The story of the Royal Australian Navy
Dr Tom Frame
A comprehensive, easy-to-read history of the Royal Australian Navy from its inception in 1901 to the present day.

In 1901 Australia's fledgling Federal Government assumed the responsibility for the new nation's defence. Their first task was to take the aged and obsolete remnants of the colonies' navies and create a national navy to defend our island's coastal waters and overseas trade routes.

For the first 40 years the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was designed to serve alongside the Royal Navy, and resembled it in everything but scale. After the Second World War the RAN developed along US lines but, despite these overseas ties, the RAN has developed its own proud character and tradition and has entered the twenty-first century as a confident and independent force in its own right.

In No Pleasure Cruise, Australia's best-known naval historian, Dr Tom Frame, charts the RAN's emergence as one of the world's strongest and most respected navies, and its evolving relationship with the Australian public, press and parliament.

About Dr Tom Frame  - Dr Tom Frame is a former RAN officer, a leading naval historian and the author of numerous bestselling naval histories including Mutiny!, Where Fate Calls: the HMAS Voyager tragedy and HMAS Sydney: loss and controversy.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Very Rude Awakening  - The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour

Peter Grose - Paperback

A ground-breaking new look at one of the most extraordinary stories of Australia at war.

On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best: partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens, clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sailors, soldiers and airmen on leave in Australia's most glamorous city. The war seemed far away. Newspapers devoted more pages to horse racing than to Hitler.

That Sunday night the party came to a shattering halt when three Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour, past eight electronic indicator loops, past six patrolling Royal Australian Navy ships, and past an anti-submarine net stretched across the inner harbour entrance. Their arrival triggered a night of mayhem, courage, chaos and high farce which left 27 sailors dead and a city bewildered. The war, it seemed, was no longer confined to distant desert and jungle. It was right here at Australia's front door.

Written at the pace of a thriller and based on new first person accounts and previously unpublished official documents, A Very Rude Awakening is a ground-breaking and myth-busting look at one of the most extraordinary stories ever told of Australia at war.

 

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This book  is a must read for all submariners or those interested in submarine history.  A must for ANZAC Day

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