HMAS Melbourne participated in Exercise Showpiece off Malaysia with RN aircraft carriers HMS Eagle (R05), HMS Bulwark (R08) and HMS Victorious (R38). The exercise was a political one intended to reassure the recently-independent Malaysia of the continued support of the British and her Commonwealth allies in the region during the ongoing Borneo Conflict with communist-backed Indonesia.
Australian Naval History on 27 March 1965
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