Australia and the world paid their last respects to the late RADM Sir David Martin, RAN, Governor of New South Wales, at a State Funeral held in Sydney. The Prime ...
Australian Naval History on 10 August 1990
The first RAN representative to be appointed Governor of New South Wales, RADM Sir David Martin, AO, KCMG, died in office at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1990
HMAS BANDICOOT, (mine countermeasures vessel), was accepted for service at Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1990
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), passed through the Panama Canal to San Diego. She was the first RAN ship to transit the canal in 15 years. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1990
The new ship WALLAROO, (mine counter-measures vessel), was transferred to the RAN at Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 August 1990
Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait, and quickly took control of the country. The UN immediately condemned the act, and imposed sanctions on Iraq, and called for her to remove her troops ...
Australian Naval History on 30 July 1990
A decision was reached to follow the RN’s MCM-COOP Plan to strengthen the RAN’s mine warfare role. The first three commercial vessels to be inducted as ‘Craft of Opportunity’, (COOP), ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1990
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), made a four day visit to Stockholm. She was the first ship of the RAN to visit a Swedish port. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 May 1990
The Minister of Defence, The Honorable G. N. Bilney, announced that female members of the RAN were now able to serve in all Australian warships, with the exception of submarines. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 May 1990
Thirty three members of the crew of HMAS OXLEY, (submarine), were given a private audience by Pope John Paul II. It was the first occasion any Australian warship was so ...
Australian Naval History on 4 May 1990
HMAS SYDNEY, (frigate), visited the French port of Toulon while on her circumnavigation of the world, following the commemoration services at Gallipoli in April. She was the first ship of ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1990
HMAS CURLEW, the last of the RAN’s Ton class minesweepers, was decommissioned at HMAS WATERHEN, Sydney after 28 years of service and 38 years to the day after her keel ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1990
HMAS OXLEY, (submarine), sailed through the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmora, thus emulating the Australian submarine AE2, which had undertaken the same action some 75 years before. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1990
Three RAN vessels, (HMA Ships SYDNEY, TOBRUK and OXLEY), represented the RAN at the 75th Anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. SYDNEY was chosen as her namesake had escorted the ...
Australian Naval History on 24 April 1990
RAN Sea King helicopters participated in the rescue of women and children cut off by rising flood waters at Nyngan, N.S.W. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1990
HMAS Gladstone, a Cairns-based patrol boat, pursued and apprehended a Taiwanese fishing trawler off the North Australian coast. The vessel was poaching in Australian waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 April 1990
The Chief of Naval Staff, VADM M. W. Hudson, announced ‘women will be permitted to serve in peacetime in all ships except submarines.’ ...
Australian Naval History on 2 April 1990
HMAS BUNBURY, (patrol boat), rescued 118 Indo-Chinese boat people off Koolan Island, on the Kimberley coast of WA. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1990
The total trained manpower of the RAN was 13,729, made up of 2,234 officers and 11,495 sailors. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1990
HMAS WESTRALIA, (oil replenishment ship), conducted her first dual replenishment at sea, with HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SYDNEY, (guided missile destroyer). ...
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1990
The fourth and last survey motor launch built for the RAN, HMAS BENALLA, was commissioned at Adelaide. Her sister- ships are HMAS PALUMA, MERMAID, and SHEPPARTON. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 March 1990
The first RAN Seahawk helicopter landing on a guided missile frigate was made on HMAS ADELAIDE, in Sydney Harbour. HMAS STALWART, (destroyer tender), was decommissioned after 22 years service. She ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1990
A RAN Seahawk helicopter rescued a 14 year old boy from rocks at Currawong NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 February 1990
The Minister for Defence, Mr. Kim Beazley, announced at the keel laying ceremony for HMAS COLLINS that five more Type 471 submarines were to be built for the RAN. They ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1990
The Navy tug MOLLYMAWK capsized after colliding with HMAS TOBRUK in the Fleet Base at Sydney. ...