The guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN, (CMDR Martyn Bell, RAN), commenced boarding and searching operations in the Red Sea. She operated with the United Nations force policing trade with Iraq.
Naval Historical Society of Australia
Preserving Australia's Naval History
The guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN, (CMDR Martyn Bell, RAN), commenced boarding and searching operations in the Red Sea. She operated with the United Nations force policing trade with Iraq.
The painting of HMAS Warramunga reflects a major article in this edition which provides a potted history of the RAN in the Korean War. The images of HMAS Adelaide reference the article about Adelaide’s Boarding party. It was only resourceful action by the ship’s helicopter, directed by the Flight Commander, that enabled the Boarding Party to be safely recovered, thereby averting an international incident.