HMA Ships MELBOURNE and BRISBANE represented Australia at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Naval Review, at Spithead England. MELBOURNE was the oldest, and the largest ship at the Review. The youngest ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 1977
The Oberon class submarine, HMAS ORION, was commissioned. ORION was laid down in Scott’s Yard, Greenock, Scotland, on 6 October 1972, and was launched on 16 September 1974. Mrs Armstrong, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 June 1977
HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), launched two of her Wessex helicopters, each carrying a World War II cannon, from a position off Crete, and delivered the pieces to the newly built ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1977
A Tracker aircraft from HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), located the disabled Dutch ship IMPALA PRINCESS, in the Gulf of Aden, and directed a French destroyer to her assistance. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 May 1977
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), made a high-speed dash to provide aid for 28 Vietnamese refugees, in a disabled vessel, drifting in the South China Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1977
During exercises in the Indian Ocean, a Sea King helicopter from HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), crashed into the ocean. None of the crew were injured, and they were quickly rescued ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1977
HMAS SWAN, (destroyer escort), was dispatched to render aid to an injured seaman in the US merchant ship AUSTRAL MOON, in the Tasman Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1977
RADM N. E. McDonald was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1977
HMAS DERWENT, (destroyer escort), rendered aid to the disabled World War II landing ship, MV VALASNA, 40 miles east of Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1977
The Minister for Defence, Mr D J Killen, announced the purchase of the roll-on, roll-off vehicular/passenger ship AUSTRALIAN TRADER for conversion to a training ship for the RAN. The ship ...
Australian Naval History on 9 December 1976
HMAS DOOMBA, (minesweeper), was scuttled off Dee Why, NSW. DOOMBA had been built in 1919, and commissioned as HMS WEXFORD, but was sold in 1921 to the Doomba Shipping Company ...
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1976
HMAS ASSAIL, (patrol boat), surveyed the Alligator River, NT. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1976
Twelve of the RAN’s Tracker anti-submarine aircraft were destroyed in a disastrous fire at HMAS ALBATROSS, Nowra, NSW. The combined strength of Fleet Air Arm Squadrons 816 and 851 was ...
Australian Naval History on 23 November 1976
VADM Sir Anthony Synnot is appointed Chief of Naval Staff. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 November 1976
HMAS STUART, (destroyer escort), was dispatched to rescue survivors from the oil exploration barge PERENTIE. Two of the barge’s crew of five were picked up. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 September 1976
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), arrived in Sydney, after completing the first circumnavigation of the world, (since a similar voyage in 1952), by a ship of the RAN. HOBART showed ...
Australian Naval History on 27 August 1976
First Officer J. Baker, WRANS, became the first officer of the WRANS to be selected for the Royal Naval Staff College course at Greenwich, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 August 1976
HMNZS INVERELL, (ex HMAS INVERELL), and HMNZS KIAMA, (EX-HMAS KIAMA), were paid off for disposal at Auckland. The minesweepers were transferred to New Zealand in 1946. CDRE J. Britten, RAN, ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1976
HMA Ships MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and TORRENS, (destroyer escort), rendered aid to the disabled motor vessel MISS CHIEF, in heavy seas off Bundaberg, QLD. TORRENS took the vessel in tow ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1976
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), arrived at Naples. HOBART was the first RAN vessel to visit Italy in 20 years, and the first Australian warship to pass through the Suez ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1976
The Japanese cargo ship BLUE ANDROMEDA, struck HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), in Sydney Harbour. Damage was minor. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 1976
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), arrived at Bali to assist the earthquake-devastated island. 500 people were killed and 2500 injured in the catastrophe. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 July 1976
HMAS YARRA, (destroyer escort), located the disabled yacht MARQUEEN in heavy seas off the Queensland coast. The yacht was towed to Trial Bay, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1976
Royal Australian Naval House, ‘Johnnie’s’, was handed back to the NSW Government. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1976
The RAN Support Element, Singapore, was formed. Known as RANLO, Singapore, the unit is responsible for logistics support to RAN ships and units visiting Singapore, and operating in the wider ...