On This Day
2000-present-day
On This Day - 2000-2019
- July 1, 2015
July 2015 ADV Cape Byron was loaned to the RAN for 2 years by the Australian Border Force
*Exact date in month unknown
- June 11, 2015
725 Squadron commissioned to fly MH-60R helicopters
- December 18, 2014
HMAS Bundaberg was decommissioned, as beyond repair, after a fire in August 2014
- November 28, 2014
HMAS Canberra III, lead ship of the Canberra class Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD), commissioned.
- November 20, 2014
HMA Ships Tarakan, Labuan and Brunei were decommissioned . In July 2015 Tarakan and Brunei were gifted to The Philippines.
- August 11, 2014
At 11:52am a fire, thought to be caused by a ‘blow through’ during welding activities, broke out in HMAS Bundaberg while she was on the hardstand at Aluminium Boats Australia Pty Ltd in Brisbane for refit. The fire quickly took hold spreading throughout the boat. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services brought the blaze under control at around 15:44pm but by that time, the damage to the boat was extensive
- December 12, 2013
First two MH-60R accepted into NU SQDN 725 at NAS Jacksonville USA
- December 7, 2013
End of operation RENDER SAFE, an annual, Australian-led operation to help remove the explosive remnants of World War II (WWII) from the South West Pacific during which HMAS Labuan II was deployed and during which some 10,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance were located and either destroyed or made safe.
- July 11, 2013
808 Squadron was recommissioned at HMAS Albatross to fly the MRH-90 Taipan
- December 12, 2012
HMAS Balikpapan, along with her sister ship HMAS Betano, decommissioned in Darwin
- December 11, 2012
HMAS Wewak decommissioned
- July 22, 2012
HMAS Anzac (III) deployed to the Middle East region for Operation SLIPPER.
- December 16, 2011
817 squadron decommissioned and last Sea Kings withdrawn from RAN service
- December 13, 2011
HMAS Choules commissioned into the RAN. The ship originally entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on 28 November 2006 as RFA Largs Bay (L3006)
- November 25, 2011
HMAS Kanimbla II decommissioned.
- May 27, 2011
HMAS Manoora II decommissioned
- May 19, 2011
HMAS Toowoomba II departed Australia for the Middle East region under Operation SLIPPER. HMAS Toowoomba II was Navy’s 50th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990
- May 5, 2011
Death of Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules at age 110. Born on 3 March 1901 Choules was at the time of his death was the oldest combat veteran of the First World War from England, having served with the Royal Navy from 1915 until 1926. After emigrating to Australia he served with the Royal Australian Navy, from 1926 until 1956. Choules was honoured with the commissioning of the Landing Ship Dock, HMAS Choules on 13 December 2011.
- April 13, 2011
HMAS Adelaide II was scuttled as a dive wreck off Avoca, New South Wales
- January 28, 2011
808 Squadron recommissioned into the Fleet Air Arm at Nowra to fly the MRH-90 Taipan
- October 4, 2009
HMAS Canberra II was scuttled in 28 metres of water off Ocean Grove, Victoria to create an artificial reef and diving site.
- June 9, 2009
HMAS Toowoomba II departed for the Middle East region. Toowoomba’s deployment was the Navy’s 45th individual ship deployment to the Middle East region since 1990
- May 17, 2009
Whilst transiting the ‘Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor’ in the Gulf of Aden, HMA Ships Sydney IV and Ballarat II came to the assistance of a merchant vessel, MV Dubai Princess, which was under attack from pirates in two small skiffs.
- June 23, 2008
805 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra after the Super Sea Sprite program was cancelled in March 2008
- February 22, 2008
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS GLENELG was commissioned at Port Adelaide, South Australia.