HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), completed her second tour of duty, and departed the Damask Operations Area for Australia. ...
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Australian Naval History on 17 October 1994
Operation Lagoon ceases, and HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SUCCESS, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), depart from Bougainville and return to Australia. The peace conference that they had been supporting ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1993
A Sea King helicopter from HMAS TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), was shot at, and sustained two hits by small arms fire in the tail, while conducting a routine reconnaissance flight ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1993
HMAS TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), arrives at Arawa Bay, Bougainville. After the wharf and adjacent seabed at Loloho had been cleared by a clearance diving team, TOBRUK berthed, and commenced ...
Australian Naval History on 8 October 1993
The advance party of Australian, Tongan, Fijian, and Vanuatan troops, (South Pacific Peace Keeping Force), arrive in Bougainville, as part of Operation Lagoon, (support to a PNG lead conference to ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 1993
HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SUCCESS, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), depart Townsville with stores and ADF personnel for Operation Lagoon in Bougainville. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1993
The first planning conference for the deployment of a South Pacific Peace Keeping Force, (SPPKF), to Bougainville, to support a conference on bringing peace to the war torn island, was ...
Australian Naval History on 28 August 1993
HMAS COLLINS, the first of the Collins class submarines, was launched in Adelaide. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1993
The 19.5 metre diving boats SEAL and PORPOISE were taken over by the RAN at Geraldton, WA. They will join SHARK, which is already in service with Clearance Diving Team ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1993
HMAS GLADSTONE, (patrol boat), arrived on station in the southwest Pacific, for deployment to Tonga, Vanuatu, and Fiji. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1993
Last Sea King delivered to RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1993
The guided missile frigate, HMAS Sydney (IV), departed for Operation DAMASK. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay I arrived at Townsville after second mission to Mogadishu, Somalia as a part of Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring ...
Australian Naval History on 30 May 1993
HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), sailed from Darwin en-route to the Red Sea, to take part in UN trade sanctions against Iraq, as part of the RAN’s ongoing Operation Damask. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1993
HMAS JERVIS BAY and HMAS Tobruk departed from Mogadishu with personnel and cargo at the conclusion of Operation Solace ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1993
The RAN sail training yacht FRANKLIN, built at Garden Island, Sydney, in 1957, was transferred to the Australian Army and renamed RISING SUN. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1993
HMAS Cessnock II escorted Queen Elizabeth II into Darwin Harbour ...
Australian Naval History on 14 March 1993
CMDR Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle, DSC and 2 Bars, RAN, died at his home in London. The award of three DSC’s, coupled with two MID, was a rare achievement. His first ...
Australian Naval History on 13 March 1993
The 35th Anniversary of HMAS CRESWELL at Jervis Bay, NSW, was celebrated by a visit of the first Captain, RADM W. J. Dovers, DSC, and members of the 1958 Normal ...
Australian Naval History on 14 January 1993
HMAS Jervis Bay arrived at Mogadishu to land cargo and personnel for Operation Solace. HMAS Tobruk II arrived on 17 January to unload additional personnel and cargo. HMAS Tobruk II ...
Australian Naval History on 29 December 1992
HMAS Tobruk II departed from Townsville for Somalia as a part of Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring peace and humanitarian relief to ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1992
HMAS Jervis Bay I departed Sydney for Mogadishu, Somalia, to provide strategic sea-lift for Operation SOLACE, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the US-led operation to bring peace and humanitarian ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1992
The former HMA Ships STUART and YARRA, (destroyer escorts), were reported broken up in an Indian ship-breaking yard. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1992
HMAS TEAL, (former minesweeper), was advertised for sale under a liquidator’s order in Greek waters. The 152 foot long vessel was converted to a cruise ship with accommodation for 49 ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1992
At 11:41am in position 11 36.29’S, 135 38.33’E off Arnhem Land, HMAS Moresby II became the first RAN vessel to steam one million nautical miles. The ship was appropriately running ...