Two RAN Clearance Divers drowned in a night exercise off Jervis Bay, NSW. Their bodies were recovered on 28 August. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1967
The second inquiry into the HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and USS FRANK E. EVANS, (destroyer), collision, continued in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 August 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), with US Ships ST PAUL and BLUE, were fired on by North Vietnamese coastal batteries near Cap Bang, Vietnam. Enemy shells landed within 50 metres ...
Australian Naval History on 29 July 1967
Surgeon LEUT L. Barnett, RAN, of HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), was transferred by helicopter to the burning USS FORRESTAL, (aircraft carrier), in the Gulf of Tonkin, to treat casualties. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1967
Delivery of the RAN’s first ten Skyhawks, eight A4Gs and two TA4Gs, began ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1967
The second inquiry into the causes of the collision between HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier), and HMAS VOYAGER, (Daring class destroyer), opened in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1967
The Minister for Defence, Mr Allen Fairhall, responded to the US request by announcing that the RAN would provide eight pilots, four observers, 24 maintenance personnel, four air crewmen and ...
Australian Naval History on 6 July 1967
HMAS HOBART, (guided missile destroyer), and USS EDSON, fired on a petroleum store, sank two large enemy landing craft, damaged four more, scattered a truck convoy, and disrupted North Vietnamese ...
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1967
HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), represented Australia at the coronation of King Taufa Ahou Toupou IV, of Tonga. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1967
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (oceanographic survey ship), reported possible new sources of food in samples taken at depths of 7,300 m, off Noumea. ...