On This Day
1946-1959 > Post WW2
On This Day - 1946-1959
- August 5, 1946
HMAS Rockhampton paid off into Reserve at Sydney, having steamed some 176,077 miles. She was sold as scrap to Kino Shito (Australia) Pty Ltd in January 1961.
- July 30, 1946
The diesel tug HMAS EMU, was commissioned. EMU was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, and launched on 25 June 1946.
- July 29, 1946
RAFA Kurumba paid off. She was sold in January 1948 to Artemis Maritime Co Inc, Panama, who renamed her Angeliki. She was later re-named Evangelos
- July 17, 1946
LEUT J. F. Bell, RAN, qualified as the first officer in the RAN to be trained in ship construction. He achieved the highest marks in his course.
- July 12, 1946
HMAS Cessnock paid off at Sydney. She was sold on 23 April 1947 to the Nan Chiao Shipping and Salvage Co Ltd, Shanghai, for breaking up.
- July 6, 1946
HMA Ships QUADRANT and QUEENBOROUGH, (destroyers), were docked in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island. They were the first ships of the RAN to use the dock. All previous dockings were of ships of the British Pacific Fleet.
- July 5, 1946
At Colombo HMA Ships Ipswich, Burnie and Toowoomba paid off and were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- Burnie was renamed Ceram.
- Ipswich was renamed Morotai. In 1949 the ship was transferred by the Royal Netherlands Navy to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Hang Tuah. In April 1958 she was bombed and sunk by an aircraft operated by forces in rebellion against the Indonesian Government.
- Toowoomba was renamed Boeroe and was removed from the effective list of the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1958.
- July 4, 1946
HMA LST 3035 , ex HM LST 3035, commissioned into the RAN in Ceylon while in Walkers Graving Dock. She was later renamed HMAS Lae.
HMA LST 3017 , ex HM LST 3017, commissioned into the RAN at Trincomalee.- July 3, 1946
HMAS Lismore paid off at Trincomalee. The same day she commissioned as HNMS Batjan having steamed 191,132 miles as a unit of the Royal Australian Navy.
- July 1, 1946
The landing ships tank Mark III, LST 3008, LST 3014, LST 3017, LST 3022, LST 3035 and LST 3501 were loaned to the RAN by the RN. They were designated the 10th (Australian) LST Flotilla.