HMAS IPSWICH, (patrol boat), intercepted and detained the Taiwanese fishing vessel YUAN JAAN, for illegally fishing off Mermaid Reef, west of Broome, WA. A court later ordered the forfeiture of ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1984
The RAN’s first female Chief Bosun’s Mate, PO Janet Wicks, was appointed to HMAS CERBERUS, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 July 1984
HMAS BUCCANEER, (Attack class patrol boat), was paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1984
RAN Clearance Divers completed a survey of islands between Townsville and Bowen, QLD, to establish the concentration of reef-destroying Crown of Thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. A previous ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1984
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN, (CMDR R. Bayley, RAN,), was commissioned at Seattle, USA. DARWIN was laid down in Todd Shipyard, Seattle, USA, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1984
RADM Nigel Berlyn was the last naval commander of Garden Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 July 1984
The personnel strength of the RAN was 16,696 officers and ratings. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1984
HMAS COOK, (survey ship), located the wreck of the Japanese submarine I-24, some 37 miles off Darwin. I-24 was the first Japanese vessel sunk by the RAN. She was sunk ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1984
724 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1984
The remaining ten serviceable Skyhawk fighter-bombers of the RAN Fleet Air Arm, were sold to New Zealand for $50.5 million. ...