The Battle class destroyer HMAS ANZAC, (LCDR W. O. C. Roberts, RAN), in temporary command, joined the Eastern Korea Patrol for operations in the Sok To and Cho Do islands. ...
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Australian Naval History on 14 October 1952
808 Squadron made history by landing four Sea Furies aboard SYDNEY while the ship was at anchor. Lieutenant Commander Julian Cavanagh, Lieutenant Fred Lane and Sub Lieutenants Peter Wyatt and ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1952
HMAS Macquarie conducted surveillance activities and duties as the weather support ship for the first British atomic test which took place at Monte Bello ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1952
HMAS Anzac (II) departed Sydney for Sasebo to begin her second tour of duty in Korean waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1952
HMAS Bataan finally left the Korean theatre, sent on her way south by many signals of congratulations including that from Commander US Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Clark, reading “Commander Seventh ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1952
HMAS Condamine began operational duty in the Korean War in the Haeju area on the Korean west coast as a unit of Task Unit 95.12.4 . Three days later she ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1952
HMAS Hawkesbury transferred to the operational control of the Fourth Task Force of the Royal Navy as a unit of the First Frigate Squadron (Senior Officer in HMAS Shoalhaven). The ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1952
HMAS Warramunga sailed from Kure for Australia. This ended six months Korean war operations during which the ship had spent some 3,000 hours underway since leaving Australia, steamed 40,000 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1952
The Commander of 805 Squadron was killed flying a Sea Fury during an aerobatic practice session at RANAS Nowra. While rehearsing a formation roll with three other Sea Furies, at ...
Australian Naval History on 14 June 1952
HMAS ECHUCA, (minesweeper), was transferred to the RNZN. The vessel was decommissioned and broken up in 1968. ...