The Minister for the Navy, Mr. J. Gorton, announced the frigates BARCOO, DIAMANTINA, and GASCOYNE, were to be re-commissioned. ...
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Australian Naval History on 23 March 1959
VADM Roy Dowling, DSO, RAN, is appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, (the forerunner of the Chief of the Defence Force). ...
Australian Naval History on 24 February 1959
VADM Sir Henry Burrell, CB, OBE, was appointed as Chief of Naval Staff. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1959
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (destroyer escort), was commissioned at Sydney. PARRAMATTA was the second ship of her class built in Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 December 1958
HMAS Kookaburra paid off at Sydney and without any further sea-going service was removed from the Navy list and declared for disposal on 24 June 1965. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1958
808 Squadron, flying Sea Venoms, decommissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 November 1958
The Daring class destroyer HMAS VENDETTA, (CAPT R. J. Robertson, DSC, RAN), was commissioned. VENDETTA was laid down in Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, on 4 July 1949, and launched on 3 ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1958
817 Squadron, flying Gannetts, decommissioned.. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1958
HMAS HORSHAM, (minesweeper), was sold for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1958
The first issue of the RAN’s newspaper, Navy News, was published. HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), accidentally rammed the caisson of the Albert Dock, at Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, where she ...