HMA Ships HAWKESBURY and MURCHISON, (frigates), left Sydney under tow for breaking up in Japan. ...
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Australian Naval History on 11 September 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS SNIPE, (LEUT P. H. James, RAN), was commissioned. SNIPE, (as HMS ALCASTON), was laid down in John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Southampton, ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1962
HMAS Tide Austral was renamed HMAS Supply. The name Supply was selected to commemorate the ship of the same name that accompanied the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788. The ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1962
The first flight of an RAN Wessex was by LCDR John Salthouse and took place in Yeovil, England (near the Westland Factory) ...
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1962
First Wessex helicopter delivered to the RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 30 August 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS TEAL, (LEUT J. G. Staxcey, RAN), was commissioned. TEAL, (as HMS JACKTON), was laid down in Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth, England, in ...
Australian Naval History on 23 August 1962
HMAS SWAN, (sloop), was paid off for disposal in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1962
HMAS SHOALHAVEN, (frigate), left Sydney under tow for Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August 1962
HMAS Tide Austral commissioned at Southampton. She was built for the RAN but loaned to the UK and served as RFA Tide Australia from completion in 1955 to 1962 when ...
Australian Naval History on 12 August 1962
The Bird, (ex-RN Ton), class minesweeper HMAS CURLEW, (LEUT B. J. G. Dunn, RAN), was commissioned. CURLEW was laid down in Montrose Shipyard Ltd, Scotland, in April 1953, and launched ...