HMA Ships KIAMA and STAWELL, (minesweepers), were transferred to the RNZN. ...
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Australian Naval History on 19 May 1952
Operation Round Up took place off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer HMAS BATAAN, (CMDR W. S. Bracegirdle DSC and Bar, RAN), provided close support to South Korean commandos, who landed ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1952
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (Tribal class destroyer), joined the USS IOWA, (battleship), in the bombardment of Communist positions at Chongjin, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1952
HMS NARVIK, (LST), departs Fremantle bound for the Monte Bello Islands, off the north western coast of Australia, in support of the British atomic tests, (Operation Hurricane), conducted there during ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1952
HMAS Inverell commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy at Sydney. She paid off at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, on 19 August 1976. On 1 November 1977 the ship was ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1952
723 Squadron recommissioned at Naval Air Station (NAS) Nowra as a Fleet Requirements Unit. Commanded by Lieutenant Jeff Gledhill, the squadron was equipped with two Hawker Sea Fury Mark IIs, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1952
HMAS VOYAGER, (Daring class destroyer), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1952
Union action meant that no tugs arrived to pull HMAS Sydney out of Fremantle harbour on her departure. In response, the ship initiated an action known as Operation PINWHEEL. The ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 1952
Sydney arrived in Fremantle on her return from Korea in the middle of industrial unrest on the waterfront. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1952
Commissioned ships of the RAN fired a salute of 56 guns on the occasion of the funeral of King George VI. ...