HMAS Gladstone paid off at Melbourne. She was not to be idle for long however, as she was sold to the Port Phillip Pilots’ Association. She served as a pilot ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1956
HMAS Murchison paid off into Reserve. Since commissioning the ship had steamed 175,712 miles. Without being again brought into seagoing service, Murchison was sold for breaking up to the Tolo ...
Australian Naval History on 14 January 1956
HMAS Glenelg paid off into Reserve at Fremantle. On 2 May 1957 Glenelg was sold for breaking up to Hong Kong Rolling Mills Ltd of Hong Kong ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1955
HMAS Shoalhaven paid off into Reserve at Sydney. A year later, on 20 December 1956, the ship was accepted into extended Reserve. Without being brought forward for further service, Shoalhaven ...
Australian Naval History on 15 December 1955
HMAS Kangaroo paid off at Sydney and was later classified as a Net Laying Ship in reserve at Sydney and also served as an accommodation ship for Base staff. On ...
Australian Naval History on 2 December 1955
HMAS Condamine paid off into Reserve at Sydney. Condamine was sold on 21 September 1961 to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Co Ltd of Hong Kong ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1955
HMAS Lae was sold for scrapping after being in reserve since 1948. Lae and the former HMAS Labuan left Sydney under tow for Hong Kong on 28 October 1956 carrying ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1955
HMAS Vengeance decommissioned and reverted to the Royal Navy. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1954
HMAS Bataan paid off at Sydney having steamed 279,395 nautical miles since commissioning. Bataan was sold for scrap on 2 May 1958 to Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd of Tokyo, Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1952
HMAS Anzac (II) departed Sydney for Sasebo to begin her second tour of duty in Korean waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1952
HMAS Bataan finally left the Korean theatre, sent on her way south by many signals of congratulations including that from Commander US Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Clark, reading “Commander Seventh ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1952
HMAS Condamine began operational duty in the Korean War in the Haeju area on the Korean west coast as a unit of Task Unit 95.12.4 . Three days later she ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1952
HMAS Hawkesbury transferred to the operational control of the Fourth Task Force of the Royal Navy as a unit of the First Frigate Squadron (Senior Officer in HMAS Shoalhaven). The ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1952
HMAS Warramunga sailed from Kure for Australia. This ended six months Korean war operations during which the ship had spent some 3,000 hours underway since leaving Australia, steamed 40,000 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1952
The Commander of 805 Squadron was killed flying a Sea Fury during an aerobatic practice session at RANAS Nowra. While rehearsing a formation roll with three other Sea Furies, at ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1952
HMAS Bataan carried out her first air spot bombardment using spotters from HMS Glory, to shell enemy troops encamped outside the village of Pungchon. Later the same day as dusk ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1951
HMAS Tobruk began active operational duty in the Korean theatre when she reported for duty on the screen of Commander Task Element 95.11 (USS Rendova) with HMC Ships Athabaskan and ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1951
HMAS Anzac (II) proceeded to Wonsan, eastern Korea, where she assumed the duties of Commander Task Element 95.22, the other vessels of the group being US Ships Thompson and Naifeh. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 February 1951
At Sasebo HMAS Bataan met her namesake, the United States light carrier USS Bataan, which had been operating in Korean waters for several weeks. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1951
HMAS Cowra recommissioned as a Training Ship for National Service Ratings ...
Australian Naval History on 23 December 1950
Blair Bowden was appointed the first Director of the permanent WRANS with the rank of First Officer. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1950
HMAS Bataan in company with HMCS Athabaskan assumed responsibility for blockading the Kunsan area. On the same day, both ships carried out an intensive bombardment of Youjiko To Island where ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1950
HMAS Australia (II) was engaged in a mercy mission to the Australian Antarctic base at Heard Island where a member of the staff, Dr Serge Udovikoff, was ill. Apart from ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1950
RAN Trainee Pilot Garth Eldering was on an ocean navigation exercise off the coast of Scotland when his Seafire aircraft is believed to have crashed into the sea. RAN Trainee ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1950
The decision was announced to reestablish the WRANS due to pressure on naval manpower from Cold War commitments. Initial categories were Telegraphist, Writer, Sick Berth Attendant, Stores Assistant, Cook, Steward ...