The guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT A. A. Willis, RAN), sailed from Sydney on her first deployment in Vietnam. ...
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Australian Naval History on 17 March 1969
The guided missile destroyer HMAS PERTH, (CAPT D. W. Leach, RAN), acted as naval gunfire support ship for II Corps in support of an operation by the US 101st Airborne ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 1969
The Attack class patrol boat HMAS BAYONET, (LEUT A. VODIC, RAN ), was commissioned at Urangan, QLD. BAYONET was laid down in Walkers Yard, Maryborough, QLD, in October 1968. Mrs ...
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1969
The former HMAS ARUNTA, (Tribal class destroyer), sank 65 miles off Boken Bay while under tow to Japan for breaking up. Although efforts were made to stop the flooding, it ...
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1969
A helicopter crewed by SBLT M. A. Perrott, RAN, and SBLT R. J. Kyle, RAN, rescued the crew of a helicopter gunship shot down within 20 metres of a Viet ...
Australian Naval History on 18 January 1969
HMAS LAE, (patrol boat), rescued injured and removed dead when Cyclone Ada devastated northern Queensland coastal resorts. For conspicuous gallantry in the rescues the following awards were announced:-MBE LEUT J. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 January 1969
CPO B. W. Wilson and AB R. H. Spicer of Clearance Diving Team 3, participated in an amphibious operation to destroy enemy positions on 5km of river bank in southern ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1969
The Attack class patrol boat, HMAS BUCCANEER, was commissioned. BUCCANEER was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, QLD, in June 1968, and launched on 14 September 1968. BUCCANEER was decommissioned ...
Australian Naval History on 10 January 1969
HMS TRUMP, (submarine), the last of the British submarines on loan to the RAN for training, sailed from Sydney to return to the UK. TRUMP was credited with making the ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1969
HMAS PERTH, (guided missile destroyer), fired her 5000th round on her second Vietnam deployment. ...