On This Day
1976-1999 > Post Vietnam
On This Day - 1976-1999
- August 17, 1993
The 19.5 metre diving boats SEAL and PORPOISE were taken over by the RAN at Geraldton, WA. They will join SHARK, which is already in service with Clearance Diving Team 4.
A RAN press release announced the name change of the second Anzac class guided missile frigate from Arrente, to the original ARUNTA, as used by her predecessor.
- June 29, 1993
HMAS GLADSTONE, (patrol boat), arrived on station in the southwest Pacific, for deployment to Tonga, Vanuatu, and Fiji.
- June 25, 1993
Last Sea King delivered to RAN FAA
- June 22, 1993
The guided missile frigate, HMAS Sydney (IV), departed for Operation DAMASK.
- June 16, 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay I arrived at Townsville after second mission to Mogadishu, Somalia as a part of Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring peace and humanitarian relief to the war torn African nation
- May 30, 1993
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), sailed from Darwin en-route to the Red Sea, to take part in UN trade sanctions against Iraq, as part of the RAN’s ongoing Operation Damask.
- May 20, 1993
HMAS JERVIS BAY and HMAS Tobruk departed from Mogadishu with personnel and cargo at the conclusion of Operation Solace
- May 15, 1993
The RAN sail training yacht FRANKLIN, built at Garden Island, Sydney, in 1957, was transferred to the Australian Army and renamed RISING SUN.
- March 15, 1993
HMAS Cessnock II escorted Queen Elizabeth II into Darwin Harbour
- March 14, 1993
CMDR Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle, DSC and 2 Bars, RAN, died at his home in London. The award of three DSC’s, coupled with two MID, was a rare achievement. His first award was for service in HMAS PERTH in the Mediterranean in 1941, his second for service in HMAS SHROPSHIRE in the Philippines in 1944-45, and his third for Service in Korea in 1952. CMDR Bracegirdle was the eldest son of RADM L.S. Bracegirdle, who had commanded the RANBT in WWI, and was later the Military Secretary to the Governor General.