HMAS YARRA, (Type 12 frigate), departed from Sydney under tow, bound for India to be scrapped. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1992
The landing craft heavy, HMAS TARAKAN, (LEUT T. Watson, RAN), commenced a combined operation with the Great Barrier Reef Authority, to transfer over 90,000 giant clams, which were threatened with ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1992
At the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a national memorial was unveiled at Townsville, QLD. Personnel from HMA Ships PERTH, ADELAIDE, TOBRUK and JERVIS BAY, and ...
Australian Naval History on 8 May 1992
The RAN set a maritime and environmental precedent in fitting Omnipure sewerage systems in all new and existing ships. Each installation cost approximately $1 million but guarantees sterilisation of all ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1992
The former HMAS STUART, (River class destroyer escort), sailed for Singapore to be broken up. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1992
12 RAN and USN vessels, led by the 80,000 tonne aircraft carrier USS Independence, in a fleet entry into Sydney Harbour commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1992
The last naval pilots graduated from the RAAF’s No.1 Flying School at Point Cook, VIC. They were SBLT Marcus McGregor, RAN, and MIDN Robert Needham, RAN. From then on all ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1992
HMAS Adroit decommissioned at HMAS Stirling ...
Australian Naval History on 22 March 1992
Patrol boats participating in Exercise Kangaroo 92 arrested three Indonesian trawlers in the Australian Fishing Zone. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 March 1992
The RAN officially adopted the Slouch Hat, (termed Wide Brimmed Hat), as an item of uniform for all ranks. It had for many years, at least since World War I, ...
Australian Naval History on 18 March 1992
LCDR Peter Nelson, RAN, was invested with the Air Force Cross by the Queen for Gallantry in the 1st Gulf War. LCDR Nelson was attached to a Royal Navy Sea ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1992
HMA Ships TORRENS, (destroyer escort), and GLADSTONE, (patrol boat), were the first ships of the RAN to enter the Filipino ports of Bitung and Cagayan de Cro. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1992
RAN marksman, WOQMG C. Dowd, of HMAS CERBERUS, won the Australian Army’s Highest Possible Score Cross. WOQMG Dowd was a medal winner at the 1990 Bisley Shoot. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 March 1992
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. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1992
The de-commissioned submarine HMAS OXLEY was towed from HMAS STIRLING to Jervoise Bay for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1992
Training commenced on S70B2, Seahawk helicopters acquired for use in guided missile frigates under construction for the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1992
HMAS NEWCASTLE, the final ship in Amecon’s contract to build two guided missile frigates for the RAN, was launched at Williamstown, VIC. The ship was delivered five months ahead of ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1992
HMAS DARWIN, (frigate), departed Fremantle for service in the Arabian Gulf as part of the RAN’s Operation Damask commitment. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1992
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate HMAS MELBOURNE, (CMDR A. G. Johnston, RAN), was commissioned at Melbourne. MELBOURNE was laid down in AMECON Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1992
HMAS OXLEY, the first Oberon class submarine built for the RAN, paid off at HMAS STIRLING, WA. The stripped hull was sold for scrap. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 February 1992
The third HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), left Fremantle on her way to Southeast Asia to be broken up for scrap. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1992
CMDR Carolyn Brand, RAN, became the first female officer of the RAN to command an operational base when she took command of HMAS WATERHEN, (shore base, Sydney). ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1992
HMAS WOLLONGONG, (patrol boat), apprehended the Indonesian fishing trawler SEKEWAN INDAH, poaching in the Australian fishing zone. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 January 1992
Fifty years after her namesake was sunk in Darwin Harbour by Japanese bombers, the USS ROBERT E PERRY, (destroyer), arrived in Darwin harbour for a commemorative service. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 1992
The world’s first trials of operating Army S70A-9 helicopters from a ship at sea were made from HMAS TOBRUK off the south east coast of Australia. ...