On This Day
1976-1999 > Post Vietnam
On This Day - 1976-1999
- March 21, 1994
HMAS ENCOUNTER, (shore establishment at Port Adelaide), was decommissioned, marking the end of a century of naval presence in the Port Adelaide area.
- March 15, 1994
The guided missile frigate HMAS SYDNEY, (CMDR Richard McMillan), rescued the crew of the disabled yacht PACIFIC BREEZE, some 285 miles southeast of Jervis Bay.
- March 10, 1994
VADM R.G. Taylor, AO, RAN, was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff.
- February 25, 1994
HMAS NIRIMBA, the RAN’s Apprentice Training School at Quaker’s Hill, west of Sydney, was decommissioned.
- February 4, 1994
HMAS OTWAY, (Oberon class submarine), was decommissioned at Sydney.
- January 5, 1994
The RAN School of Survivability and Ship Safety (RANSSSS) was transferred from HMAS PENGUIN to HMAS CRESSWELL.
- December 11, 1993
The FFG-7, (Adelaide), class guided missile frigate, HMAS NEWCASTLE, was commissioned at Newcastle, NSW.
NEWCASTLE was laid down in AMECON Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, and launched on 21 February 1992. Mrs M. McNaughton, (Lady Mayoress of Newcastle), performed the launching ceremony.
- December 8, 1993
Clearance Divers from HMA Ships PERTH and CANBERRA, (guided missile frigates), assisted the Royal Malaysian Police in the search and recovery of the body of a crewman from the cruise ship LEISUREWORLD, who had fallen overboard off Langkawi Island.
- December 7, 1993
RADM D. B. Chalmers, AO, RAN, was appointed as Maritime Commander Australia. The position had previously been known as Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet.
- November 24, 1993
HMA Ships PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), CANBERRA, (guided missile frigate), and ORION, (submarine),) were on passage to the northern Malacca Strait, to take part in the ASW Exercise SHAREM 94-1with US Ships HEWITT, THACH and the submarine TUNNY.