On This Day
1976-1999 > Post Vietnam
On This Day - 1976-1999
- July 20, 1991
HMAS GERALDTON, (patrol boat), was dispatched to sea to act as a communication link between the disabled Greek tanker KURKI, disabled off the coast of WA, and shore stations.
- July 19, 1991
The RAN presented a collection of relics from the Gulf War to the Australian War Memorial at Canberra.
- July 11, 1991
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), was the first ship of the RAN to visit the German naval port of Kiel. The Australians were welcomed by survivors of the German raider KORMORAN, which sunk the second HMAS SYDNEY, in an action off Western Australia on 19 November, 1941.
- July 10, 1991
The 80th Anniversary of the formation of the RAN was celebrated on this day.
- July 8, 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), rescued the pilot of a Singapore Air Force F-16 aircraft, which crashed into the sea after a mid-air collision.
- July 2, 1991
HMAS Brisbane departed Sydney for her final voyage, a circumnavigation of Australia and New Zealand
- June 26, 1991
HMAS STUART, (destroyer escort), decommissioned at HMAS Stirling, WA.
- June 24, 1991
HMAS DARWIN, (guided missile frigate), led the merchant ships AL SALAM and SANDGATE through a deep water channel in a minefield off Kuwait.
- June 19, 1991
The Naval Dockyard Police and Coxswains categories amalgamated to form the Naval Police Coxswain category
- June 18, 1991
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), and HMAS ADELAIDE, (guided missile frigate), made a goodwill visit to Phuket Island, Thailand.