On This Day
2000-present-day
On This Day - 2000-2019
- January 19, 2008
HMAS Adelaide II decommissioned
- December 18, 2007
The first two MRH-90 Taipan were accepted into service in Brisbane
- December 8, 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MARYBOROUGH was commissioned ar Brisbane, Queensland.
- September 22, 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS LAUNCESTON was commissioned at Launceston, Tasmania.
- July 7, 2007
The Armidale class patrol frigate HMAS CHILDERS was commissioned at Cairns, Queensland.
- July 2, 2007
HMAS Toowoomba II returned to Australia after operations in the Middle East region.
- June 28, 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS WOLLONGONG was commissioned at Sydney, New South Wales.
- June 5, 2007
HMAS Anzac (III) departed Fleet Base West for Operation CATALYST
- May 11, 2007
HMAS Ipswich II and HMAS Townsville II decommissioned
- March 13, 2007
HMAS Gladstone II decommissioned
- March 3, 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS BUNDABERG was commissioned at Bundaberg, Queensland.
- February 10, 2007
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS BROOME was commissioned at Broome, Western Australia.
- February 2, 2007
HMAS Dubbo II decommissioned
- November 29, 2006
Loss of an Australian Army Blackhawk helicopter which crashed while attempting to land on aft flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla II. It was lost over the side of the ship, resulting in the deaths of two of the ten crew members. Kanimbla was deployed as a part of Operation QUICKSTEP, the ADF contingency operation to evacuate Australians from Fiji in the face of an emerging coup.
- November 10, 2006
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS ARARAT was commissioned in Melbourne, Victoria.
- October 26, 2006
The last ANZAC class frigate HMAS PERTH was commissioned.
- October 7, 2006
HMAS Geraldton II decommissioned
- September 29, 2006
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS MAITLAND was commissioned at Newcastle, New South Wales.
- September 16, 2006
HMAS Westralia II decommissioned. Since commissioning, Westralia (II) had steamed more than 457 908 nautical miles and transferred more than 400 million dollars worth of diesel. Following her decommissioning she was jointly acquired by the AGR and Helix Energy Solutions groups with the intention she be converted into a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel.
In addition HMAS Sirius commissioned. She was built as a double-hulled commercial product tanker, MV Delos and purchased by the Commonwealth Government on 3 June 2004 It was the first time since 1935 that the RAN had held a combined decommissioning and commissioning ceremony
- September 8, 2006
HMAS Launceston II decommissioned
- August 26, 2006
The last ANZAC frigate HMAS PERTH was commissioned.
- August 11, 2006
HMAS Fremantle II decommissioned
- July 29, 2006
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS PIRIE was commissioned at Port Pirie, South Australia.
- July 15, 2006
The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS ALBANY was commissioned in Albany, Western Australia.
- July 8, 2006
HMAS Geelong II and HMAS Gawler II decommissioned