The rich
history of Australian Navy submarines has been documented in a new
publication
by Jon Davison and Tom Allibone.
The
coffee table book, Beneath Southern Seas, was recently launched at HMAS Stirling.
It
is the culmination of two years of hard work by the authors in cooperation with
the SMFEG.
It documents the history of submarines since the commissioning
of AE1 and AE2, up until today’s Collins Class Submarines.
Beneath
Southern Seas was the initiative of the then Commander Australian Navy Submarine
Group (CANSG), Commodore Michael Deeks, RAN, and Jon Davison who met two years
ago and agreed on the plan for the project.
During the last two years,
Jon and Tom sea rode onboard HMAS Rankin between Sydney and HMAS Stirling, experiencing
the life of a submariner.
Commodore Richard Shalders, CSC, RAN, CANSG,
along with SMFEG members and the families joined Jon and Tom onboard HMAS Rankin
on December 16.
“Beneath Southern Seas is a unique publication and
a rare opportunity to see and read about life aboard RAN submarines,” CDRE
Shalders said.
“I am very pleased with the final product, it is a
credit to the hard work of Jon Davison and Tom Allibone.”
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