HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), took the disabled merchant vessel MADONNA in tow, in rough seas, near Lady Elliott Island, (off the coast of QLD), and towed her to Gladstone, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1948
HMAS MINDARI, (Gunnery Instruction Centre located at Woolloomooloo, Sydney), was decommissioned. In recent times the site was occupied by the Gunnery Art Gallery, which referred to its previous use. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 April 1948
First of 12 RAAF Vultee Vengeances airframes were allocated to the RAN FAA at Nowra for use as Fire Fighting Training Aids. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1948
HMAS BARCOO, (frigate), was blown ashore at Glenelg Beach SA, during a gale. She was later re-floated without damage. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1948
HMAS WYATT EARP, (Antarctic supply vessel), returned to Melbourne from Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 February 1948
Group Captain S. Campbell, (RAAF), Dr P. Law, and AB Wallace of HMAS WYATT EARP landed briefly on Ballerys Island in Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1948
VADM Sir John Collins was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff, thus becoming the first RANC graduate to reach the Navy’s highest position. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 February 1948
The Antarctic Research Vessel, HMAS WYATT EARP, (CMDR K.E. Oom, OBE, RAN), sailed from Melbourne for Macquarie Island and Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1948
HMAS MILDURA, (corvette), was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Careening Bay, WA. She was later re- commissioned in 1951 as a training ship for National Servicemen, and undertook this ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1947
HMAS Hobart paid off. From 1953 to 1956 Hobart underwent an extensive refit and modernisation at Newcastle State Dockyard to convert her to a training ship, but was not again ...
Australian Naval History on 15 December 1947
The RN Air Station at Nowra, NSW, was transferred to the RAN. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 November 1947
HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), returned to Sydney after a cruise to Tasmania, and moored at No.2 buoy in Sydney Harbour. That night the merchant ship KING STEPHEN lost steerage way while ...
Australian Naval History on 21 November 1947
Nine members of the crew of HMAS TARAKAN, (landing ship tank), were injured, when a box of fuses in a cargo of obsolete ammunition, being dumped off Sydney Heads, exploded. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1947
The Antarctic Research Vessel HMAS WYATT EARP, (CMDR K. E. Oom, OBE, RAN), was commissioned. As FANEFJORD, (wooden steamer), she was laid down in Norway in 1919. Purchased, and re-named ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1947
HMAS WHYALLA, (minesweeper), was transferred to the Melbourne Harbour Board and renamed RIP. The previous vessel of this name was the Queensland gunboat PALUMA. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1947
LST 3501, (renamed HMAS LABUAN on 16 December, 1948), LCDR G. M. Dixon, RANVR, in command, sailed from Sydney on the first of seven voyages to Antarctica. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 September 1947
HMAS WARRNAMBOOL, (minesweeper), sank after striking an Allied laid mine near Cockburn Reef, QLD. Two of the ship’s complement were killed in the initial explosion, and a third was drowned. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 July 1947
HMAS BALLARAT, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed CARMENCITA. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1947
The Australian Government approved the establishment of the RAN Fleet Air Arm. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1947
HMAS QUICKMATCH, (destroyer), arrived at Nanking with Professor Copeland, the newly appointed Australian Ambassador to China and his staff. QUICKMATCH was the first ship of the RAN to visit the ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1947
HMAS Ararat (I) paid off into the Reserve Fleet at Sydney. She had steamed 109,000 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 3 April 1947
HMAS STUART was sold out of service for breaking up. The keel of the ship is now buried in Kissing Point Bay, Sydney. A plaque put in place by Ryde ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1947
The modified River class frigate HMAS CULGOA, (CMDR H. L. Gunn, RAN), was commissioned. CULGOA was laid down at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC on 15 July 1943, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 16 March 1947
HMAS GOULBURN, (minesweeper), was sold out of service and renamed BENITA. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 February 1947
HMAS STUART, (destroyer), was sold out of service and broken up at Ryde, Sydney. ...
