On this day, 16 November 1952, the Battle class destroyer, HMAS Anzac (II) (Captain GGO Gatacre, DSC, RAN), came under fire from North Korean shore batteries in the vicinity of ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1952
The Colossus class aircraft carrier HMS VENGEANCE, (CMDR C. M. Hudson, RAN), was commissioned. VENGEANCE was laid down in Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend on Tyne, England, on ...
Australian Naval History on 12 November 1952
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), flew her 1000th sortie in the Korean War. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1952
First Sycamore helicopter delivered to the RAN FAA. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 October 1952
The Battle class destroyer HMAS ANZAC, (LCDR W. O. C. Roberts, RAN), in temporary command, joined the Eastern Korea Patrol for operations in the Sok To and Cho Do islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 October 1952
808 Squadron made history by landing four Sea Furies aboard SYDNEY while the ship was at anchor. Lieutenant Commander Julian Cavanagh, Lieutenant Fred Lane and Sub Lieutenants Peter Wyatt and ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1952
HMAS Macquarie conducted surveillance activities and duties as the weather support ship for the first British atomic test which took place at Monte Bello ...
Australian Naval History on 14 June 1952
HMAS ECHUCA, (minesweeper), was transferred to the RNZN. The vessel was decommissioned and broken up in 1968. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1952
HMA Ships KIAMA and STAWELL, (minesweepers), were transferred to the RNZN. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 May 1952
Operation Round Up took place off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer HMAS BATAAN, (CMDR W. S. Bracegirdle DSC and Bar, RAN), provided close support to South Korean commandos, who landed ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1952
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (Tribal class destroyer), joined the USS IOWA, (battleship), in the bombardment of Communist positions at Chongjin, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1952
HMS NARVIK, (LST), departs Fremantle bound for the Monte Bello Islands, off the north western coast of Australia, in support of the British atomic tests, (Operation Hurricane), conducted there during ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1952
HMAS Inverell commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy at Sydney. She paid off at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, on 19 August 1976. On 1 November 1977 the ship was ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1952
723 Squadron recommissioned at Naval Air Station (NAS) Nowra as a Fleet Requirements Unit. Commanded by Lieutenant Jeff Gledhill, the squadron was equipped with two Hawker Sea Fury Mark IIs, ...
Australian Naval History on 6 March 1952
Decommissioned Australian Minesweepers Inverell, Echuca, Kiama and Stawell were handed to the RNZN as a gift. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1952
HMAS VOYAGER, (Daring class destroyer), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1952
Union action meant that no tugs arrived to pull HMAS Sydney out of Fremantle harbour on her departure. In response, the ship initiated an action known as Operation PINWHEEL. The ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 1952
Sydney arrived in Fremantle on her return from Korea in the middle of industrial unrest on the waterfront. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1952
Commissioned ships of the RAN fired a salute of 56 guns on the occasion of the funeral of King George VI. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1952
Ships of the RAN fired a 21-gun salute on the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 February 1952
Ships of the RAN fired a salute of 56 minute guns on the death of King George VI. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1952
RADM A. K. Moncrieff, (Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far Eastern Fleet), on board HMS BELFAST, (cruiser), signalled HMAS MURCHISON at the conclusion of the Han River operations in Korea: ...
Australian Naval History on 27 January 1952
HMAS Sydney and HMAS Tobruk sailed for Sydney after completing a busy series of operations during the Korean War. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 January 1952
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), completed her operations in the Korean War. During the ship’s seven patrols in Korea 269,249 rounds of 20mm armament, 6,359 rocket projectiles, and 902 bombs of ...
Australian Naval History on 17 January 1952
In the period 17.to 25 January, HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), flew 293 sorties against Communist targets in North Korea. ...
