The Admiralty announced the changeover from fathoms to metres. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), fought a fire in the merchant ship SINCERE, at Singapore. When the fire raced out of control, she took off the ship’s crew. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1969
LCDR I. D. Roberts, RAN, became the first Australian to command an Oberon class submarine. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1969
The six-man US-Australian Board of Inquiry into the HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and USS FRANK E EVANS, (destroyer), collision heard evidence from its 78th witness, and adjourned to assess blame. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1969
US Secretary for Defense, announced that members of the same family would be allowed to continue service in the same combat ship, or unit, despite the loss of three brothers ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), engaged Viet Cong targets, destroying 16 bunkers, 19 military structures, and collapsing 25 metres of tunnels. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), was Naval Gun Fire Ship for US II Corps’ operations in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 June 1969
USS KEARSAGE arrived at Subic Bay, (The Philippines), with 196 of the 199 survivors from USS FRANK E EVANS, (destroyer), which had been cut in half by HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1969
USS FRANK E. EVANS, (destroyer), was cut in two following a collision with HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), during exercises in the South China Sea. The bow section sank immediately, and ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1969
Leading Air-crewman N. E. Shipp, (RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam), was killed in action. Five miles west of Dong Tam, Dinh Tuong province, Shipp was door gunner in the lead gunship ...