Naval Historical Society of Australia
Preserving Australia's Naval History
RAN Clearance Diving Team 1, under LEUT D. Ramsden, RAN, salvaged the patrol boat HMAS ARROW at Darwin. The patrol boat sank during Cyclone Tracy.
Three members of RAN Clearance Diving Team 2, together with Tasmanian Police divers, completed a comprehensive 5 day survey of the Lake Illawarra wreck in the Derwent River. The vessel had struck the Tasman Bridge and sunk 8 days earlier.
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.
