SIA Current Areas of Activity
SIA Current Areas of Activity
Current Areas of Involvement
Current Areas of Involvement
The Institute is currently involved in the following areas:
- Contribution to discussion on the progress, benefits and rationale of acquiring nuclear powered submarines for Australia. A link to the Australian Government Nuclear Powered Submarine Task Force information page is here.
- Contributing to, and participating in, endeavours to recognise 100 years of Australian submarine activity. Identification, recording, preservation and presentation of Australian submarine history. There are a number of locations where there are repositories of memorabilia - or museums where submarines are on display. The Submarine Institute has supported the coordination and high quality presentation of these entities, via the establishment of the Australian National Submarine Museum (ANSM): this is being developed and managed as a 'virtual' (on-line) facility. A paper on this development can be viewed here. A link to the developing website of the Australian National Submarine Museum (ANSM) is here.
- Stewardship of the history of the submarines HMAS AE2 (located in Turkish waters in the Sea of Marmara, contributing to an informed debate on the wreck’s future, ensuring that AE2’s contribution to the Gallipoli campaign is duly recognised and developing an education project on AE2) and HMAS AE1 (located in PNG waters adjacent to the entrance to Mioko harbour, to the south of Mioko Island in the New Britain, Duke of York Group of islands) to recognise the historical significance of their operations in WW1.
- Developing initiatives to increase the membership of the SIA.
- Facilitation of an informed debate and discussion on Australia's (currently Collins class) submarine force.